CONNECT – A measure of continuity of care in mental health services: cross-cultural adaptation and reliability of the scale

Conclusion CONNECT is the first measure of continuity of care adapted to the Brazilian cultural context. Its adaptation showed satisfactory suitability of equivalence between the original version and the version in Portuguese. The results for most subscales were satisfactory, however, differed from other studies on the CONNECT. This study is the first phase to obtain a valid measure of continuity of care for Brazilian patients with severe mental illnesses and additional studies to examine the validity of the CONNECT still are needed.

Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria - July 14, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research