Table 3.2 Overview of addiction recovery evaluation tools Evaluation Country / Type of content what The context in which it is Value placed on the Other comments / link Appropriateness for – tool example the tool evaluates and used where and who evaluation tool and why to tool informing RECOVEU – (Yes/No) how with? evaluation tools Recovery UK (Yes) 35 questions (scored 1-5, Used in some residential There is a range of See: This is appropriate for Capital Scale strongly disagree to settings in the UK as an literature to support this RECOVEU but the (William strongly agree) that addiction specific QoL scale but it is unlikely that updated version of the White) identify which areas a (quality of life) measure anyone is trained in scale by David Best (see – person would like to work there are no records around working with it in the UK next row in table) might on in terms of increasing who may use this. sector. be more appropriate as it recovery capital. has subscales for The questions are useful personal and social and used commonly as a recovery. self-measure. Assessment of UK (Yes) Ten subscales, each having Relatively new scale Used for RECOVEU. – Recovery 5 questions respondents psychometric properties Permission for use – Capital answer is a specific assessed in: received from David Best. ‘yes’ (ARC) (David statement applies to them. Groshkova, T., Best, D. and Best) W. (2013). The assessment of recovery capital: Properties and psychometrics of a measure of addiction recovery strengths. Drug
Table 3.2 Overview of addiction recovery evaluation tools Evaluation tool Country / example (Yes/No) Type of content – what the tool evaluates and how The context in which it is used – where and who with? Value placed on the evaluation tool and why Other comments / link to tool Appropriateness for informing RECOVEU evaluation tools Recovery Capital Scale (William White) UK (Yes) 35 questions (scored 1-5, strongly disagree to strongly agree) that identify which areas a person would like to work on in terms of increasing recovery capital. The questions are useful and used commonly as a self-measure. Used in some residential settings in the UK as an addiction specific QoL (quality of life) measure – there are no records around who may use this. There is a range of literature to support this scale but it is unlikely that anyone is trained in working with it in the UK sector. See: This is appropriate for RECOVEU but the updated version of the scale by David Best (see next row in table) might be more appropriate as it has subscales for personal and social recovery. Assessment of Recovery Capital (ARC) (David Best) UK (Yes) Ten subscales, each having 5 questions – respondents answer ‘yes’ is a specific statement applies to them. Relatively new scale – psychometric properties assessed in: Groshkova, T., Best, D. and W. (2013). The assessment of recovery capital: Properties and psychometrics of a measure of addiction recovery strengths. Drug Used for RECOVEU. Permission for use received from David Best.
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