References

The development of the English version of the instrument, development of new translations and evidence about psychometric properties can be found in the following publications: 

o   ŁLaszewska A, Schwab M, Leutner E, Oberrauter, M, Spiel, G, Simon, J (2019): Measuring broader wellbeing in mental health services: validity of the German language OxCAP-MH capability instrument. Quality of Life Research: 28(8):2311-2323, DOI:10.1007/s11136-019-02187-9  

Simon J, Laszewska A, Leutner A, Spiel G, Churchman D, Mayer S. (2018) Cultural and linguistic transferability of the multi-dimensional OxCAP-MH capability instrument for outcome measurement in mental health: the German language version. BMC Psychiatry, 18:173  

Vergunst F, Jenkinson C, Burns T, Anand P, Gray A, Rugkåsa J, Simon J (2017) Psychometric validation of a multi-dimensional capability instrument for outcome measurement in mental health research (OxCAP-MH). Health Qual Life Outcomes, 15(1):250. doi: 10.1186/s12955-017-0825-3.  

Vergunst F, Jenkinson C, Burns T & Simon J (2014) Application of Sen's Capability Approach to Outcome Measurement in Mental Health Research: Psychometric Validation of a Novel Multi-dimensional Instrument (OxCAP-MH) Human Welfare 3, 1, 1-4.

Simon J, Anand P, Gray A, Rugkåsa J, Yeeles K, and Burns T (2013) Operationalising the capability approach for outcome measurement in mental health research. Social Science & Medicine, 98:187–196. doi: 10.1016/ j.socscimed.2013.09.019

Presentations:

• Simon J: "Cross-Cultural and Inter-Country Transferability and Validity of the OxCAP-MH Well-Being Questionnaire" at the IHEA World Congress in Basel (oral presentation, 15 July 2019)  

• Agata Laszewska: "Use of the OxCAP-MH capability questionnaire in the measurement of broader wellbeing in mental health patients and its validity in routine evaluation of mental health services." at the Frühjahrstagung des AK Gesundheitswesen der DeGEval in Klagenfurt/Austria (oral presentation, 09 May 2019)

• Simon J, Łaszewska A, Leutner E, Oberrauter M, Schwab M, Mayer S, Churchman D, Spiel G. Cross-cultural and inter-country transferability and validity of the OxCAP-MH Well-Being Questionnaire. HDCA Conference, Buenos Aires, 30 August - 1 September 2018

• Łaszewska A, Leutner E, Oberrauter M, Schwab M, Spiel G, Simon J (2018) Psychometric properties of the German OxCAP-MH, a multi-dimensional capability instrument for outcome measurement in mental health. 12th European Conference on Health Economics, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 11-14 July 2018

• Łaszewska A, Leutner E, Oberrauter M, Schwab M, Mayer S, Spiel G, Simon J (2018) Psychometric properties of the German OxCAP-MH, a multi-dimensional capability instrument for outcome measurement in mental health. 19th Congress EPA Section of Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry, Vienna, Austria, 4-7 April 2018

• Simon J, Łaszewska A, Leutner E, Churchman D, Mayer S. Inter-country transferability of the OxCAP-MH well-being questionnaire. Thirteenth Workshop on Costs and Assessment in Psychiatry - Mental Health Policy and Economics, Venice, 24-26 March 2017 (oral presentation)

• Simon J, Vergunst F, Jenkinson C, Anand P, Gray A, Rugkåsa J, Yeeles K, Burns T (Austria). The OxCAP-MH: a Novel, Multi-dimensional, Patient-Reported Capabilities Instrument for Mental Health Research and Policy. (Sep 2014) Second Meeting on Patient Reported Outcomes and Person Centered Care in Mental Health, Washington D.C., USA (oral)

• Simon J, Greco G, Anand P. Health, capabilities and life satisfaction. (Sep 2014) HDCA conference, Athens, Greece (organised session)

• Simon J. Measuring the capability sets of people with severe mental health disorders using a novel multi-dimensional instrument: the OxCAP-MH. (Jul 2014) iHEA/ECHE conference, Dublin, Ireland (oral)

• Simon J, Anand P, Gray A, Rugkasa J, Yeeles K, Burns T. How do severe mental illness and community coercion affect people’s capabilities?  (Sep 2013) HDCA conference, Managua, Nicaragua (oral)

Further research is ongoing to confirm the psychometric properties of the German OxCAP-MH questionnaire. Information on the process of the German translation of the OxCAP-MH can be found here.