Measuring social integration in a pilot randomized controlled trial of critical time: intervention-task shifting in Latin America

• Autor(a) principal: Baumgartner,Joy Noel
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Silva,Tatiana Fernandes Carpinteiro da, Valencia,Eliecer, Susser,Ezra
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Cadernos Saúde Coletiva (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-462X2012000400005
• topic: social isolation; mental health; interpersonal relations

Global mental health movements increasingly highlight the importance of social integration for individuals living with severe mental illnesses. However, this important individual-level outcome is rarely measured in programs. As part of RedeAmericas, a pilot regional randomized controlled trial of critical time intervention - task shifting - will be conducted, which includes social integration as an outcome measure. It is a time-limited care coordination model to enhance continuity of support for people with severe mental illness during critical periods of transition. Given the challenges of measuring social integration, particularly for a multi-country study with unique cultural contexts, this paper has described the measurement approach used to create a composite measure that uses items from disability and quality of life instruments in addition to other key items.