Staff : Staff and staff : client reliability of the Schalock & Keith (1993) quality of life questionnaire

Authors
Rapley, M Ridgway, J Beyer, S
Citation
M. Rapley et al., Staff : Staff and staff : client reliability of the Schalock & Keith (1993) quality of life questionnaire, J INTEL DIS, 42, 1998, pp. 37-42
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Rehabilitation,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY RESEARCH
ISSN journal
09642633 → ACNP
Volume
42
Year of publication
1998
Part
1
Pages
37 - 42
Database
ISI
SICI code
0964-2633(199802)42:<37:S:SAS:>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A small-scale study of the inter-rater and staff:client reliability of the Schalock & Keith (1993) Quality of Life Questionnaire (QOL-Q) was conducted . Whilst the sample size was small and the QOL-Q achieved an acceptable ove rall level of reliability, the study replicated the pattern of low staff:cl ient concordance and staff overestimation of the independence and autonomy of clients reported by Reiter & Bendov(1996). The results are briefly discu ssed in the context of the ongoing debate about the utility of proxy respon se in the literature.