Spanish Validation of the Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS-24)

• Published in: Psicothema Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 500 - 508
• Main Authors: Saavedra, Javier, Vazquez-Morejon, Antonio J, Vazquez-Morejon, Raquel, Arias-Sanchez, Samuel, Gonzalez-Alvarez, Sergio, Corrigan, Patrick
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oviedo Colegio Oficial De Psicologos Del Principado De Asturias 01.07.2021; Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos (PSICODOC)
• Subjects: España
• ISSN: 0214-9915; 1886-144X
• DOI: 10.7334/psicothema2021.52

Background: Recovery is an essential construct in healthcare treatment for patients diagnosed with severe mental illnesses (SMI). Of all the psychometric instruments available for measuring recovery, the 41-item Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS) is the most widely used. Several brief versions have been proposed, including the 24-item version. In this study, the RAS-24 was adapted to European Spanish and validated in a clinical sample. Method: Participants (N = 309) diagnosed with SMI were recruited from a community mental health center and a work guidance center. The participants completed the RAS-24 and the Social Functioning Scale (SFS), both self-reported and family-reported versions. Results: The results showed good indices of fit for the original five-factor structure, acceptable internal consistency ([alpha] = .93; [omega] = .95), temporal reliability (ICC = .89, p <.01), and significant correlation with most of the SFS scales (total SFS self-report r = .50, p < .01; total SFS family reported r =.49, p < .01). Conclusions: These data support the use of this Spanish version as a measure of recovery in the Spanish clinical population. Keywords: Recovery; assessment; RAS-24; severe mental illness; psychometric characteristics. Validacion Espanola de la Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS-24). Antecedentes: la recuperacion es un constructo fundamental en la atencion sanitaria de los pacientes diagnosticados de trastornos mentales graves (TMG). De todos los instrumentos psicometricos disponibles, la Recovery Assessment Scale (Escala de Evaluacion de la Recuperacion, RAS) de 41 items es el mas utilizado. Se han propuesto varias versiones breves, entre ellas la version de 24 items. En este estudio, el RAS-24 se adapto al espanol europeo y se valido en una muestra clinica. Metodo: los participantes (N=309), diagnosticados con TMG, fueron reclutados en un centro comunitario de salud mental y un centro de orientacion laboral. Todos cumplimentaron el RAS-24 y la Escala de Funcionamiento Social (SFS) en ambas versiones, autoinformada y heteroinformada. Resultados: los resultados mostraron buenos indices de ajuste para la estructura original de cinco factores, consistencia interna aceptable ([alpha] = .93; [omega] = .95), fiabilidad temporal (ICC = .89, p < .01) y correlacion significativa con la mayoria de las escalas SFS (total SFS autoevaluado r = .50, p < .01; total SFS heteroevaluado r = .49, p <.01). Conclusiones: estos datos apoyan el uso de esta version en espanol como medida de recuperacion en poblacion clinica espanola. Palabras clave: recuperacion; evaluacion; RAS-24; trastorno mental grave; caracteristicas psicometricas.