An Exploration of the Use and Usefulness of the Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery (QPR). Issue 2 (4th March 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lanyon, Anna; Petrakis, Melissa
• Is Part Of: Journal of evidence-based social work. Volume 20:Issue 2(2023)
• Page Start: 179
• Page End: 193
• Publication Date: 2023-03-04
• Subjects: Mental health -- QPR -- recovery-oriented practice -- sub-acute; Human services -- Periodicals; Evidence-based social work -- Periodicals; 361.3205
• DOI: 10.1080/26408066.2022.2155498
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2640-8066

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Purpose: Without accurate information, personal recovery will remain in the shadow of other clinical measures of the mental health experience, such as severity of symptoms and degree of risk. Methods: This study examined utility of the Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery (QPR) to highlight personal recovery preferences and needs, from a service user perspective, within a sub-acute setting in Australia. Results: Fifty-seven QPRs were completed and the results were evaluated against the CHIME framework. The QPR highlighted the interpersonal and intrapersonal factors that support and impede personal recovery. Discussion: The QPR helps service users to identify and build on their own strengths and encourages clinicians to focus on service users' personal aspirations, rather than predefined treatment goals. Conclusions: No single scale will provide a full picture of someone's emotional wellbeing. A range of outcome measures should be used to get a more complete picture. The QPR could be standardized as one of the routine outcome measures used in Victorian mental health services.