Adaptation Process and Psychometric Properties of the French Version of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for People with Learning Disabilities

ABSTRACT

Introduction

The aim of this study was to adapt the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for people with Learning Disabilities into French (F-HoNOS-LD) and to examine its validity and reliability.

Method

Sixty-six adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) admitted to a psychiatric hospital took part in the study. Clinicians used the F-HoNOS-LD and the Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC) to test all of them at hospital admission. A subsample (n = 34) was tested with the F-HoNOS-LD a second time at the end of the hospital stay.

Results

The French version of the instrument showed evidence of convergent validity with the ABC and very good internal consistency. Repeated measures analyses revealed – as expected – a systematic decrease in F-HoNOS-LD scores.

Conclusion

Results of this study suggest that the F-HoNOS-LD is a reliable and valid instrument to measure clinical outcomes among French-speaking adults with ID.

KEYWORDS:

• Intellectual disability
• mental health
• outcome assessment
• HoNOS-LD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank Dr Logos Curtis for back-translating the French HoNOS-LD in English and for valuable discussions.

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).