Study: Does the relative importance of the OxCAP-MH’s capability items differ according to mental ill-health experience?

Background: The OxCAP-MH (Oxford Capability questionnaire-Mental Health) is a multi-dimensional, self-reported instrument which was designed to capture different dimensions of well-being within the conceptual framework of the capability approach for outcome measurement in mental health. The OxCAP-MH so far uses a scoring, which is based on equal weights of the different domains. There is, however, suggestions from the literature that some capability domains may be more important than others in determining someone's well-being and, therefore, it is important to assess what contribution individual attributes make to the total score. Preference weighting may vary across different countries and can be influenced by specific insight into or adaptation to an illness. The main aim of this study is to determine what relative weights may be assigned to the 16 domains of the OxCAP-MH and their variability across countries and population cohorts.

Data collection: Following local ethical approval, independent studies will be conducted in Austria and Hungary (and possibly in the UK). Based on sample sizes applied in previous studies, this study will aim to survey three groups of participants in each country: (1) patients (in-patients and out-patients) of relevant mental health facilities; (2) patients from non-mental-health facilities (e.g. primary care); and (3) people from the general population with specific insight into medical conditions (e.g. medical students)

Study duration:

2019-2020

Collaborators:

Division of Social Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Austria and Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged

Hungary Further information:

Timea Helter, Judit Simon

For more information on the OxCAP-MH, visit

https://healtheconomics.meduniwien.ac.at/science-research/oxcap-mh/