TY - JOUR
T1 - Feasibility and Acceptability of the Gerontological Personality Disorders Scale (GPS) in General Practice
T2 - A Mixed Methods Study
AU - Penders, Krystle A. P.
AU - van Zadelhoff, Ezra
AU - Rossi, Gina
AU - Duimel-Peeters, Inge G. P.
AU - van Alphen, Sebastiaan P. J.
AU - Metsemakers, Job F. M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Care for the Elderly Program from the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) under grant 311070201. We are grateful to Albine Moser for giving advice during the analytic process as well as for reading and commenting on the article. We would also like to thank the research assistants for transcribing the interviews. The current research was not preregistered with an analysis plan in an independent, institutional registry. Data, analytic methods, and study materials will be made available to other researchers.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis. © 2019, © Krystle A. P. Penders, Ezra van Zadelhoff, Gina Rossi, Inge G. P. Duimel-Peeters, Sebastiaan P. J. van Alphen, and Job F. M. Metsemakers.
PY - 2019/9/3
Y1 - 2019/9/3
N2 - Although the Gerontological Personality Disorders Scale (GPS) can aid in detecting personality disorders (PDs) in older adults in general practice, its availability does not guarantee its use. This study therefore aimed to examine the feasibility and acceptability of the GPS from an older adult, informant, and professional perspective. A convergent parallel mixed methods study was conducted. Qualitative data were collected through semistructured interviews with four general practitioners and four nurse practitioners and were analyzed thematically. Quantitative data were collected through a 5-item questionnaire completed by 329 older adults and 329 informants. The thematic analysis revealed five major themes regarding feasibility and acceptability according to the professionals: taboo to ask intimate questions, quite unfamiliar with these disorders, assets, PDs are a topic of interest in general practice, and preconditions. Descriptive statistics showed that most older adults and informants found the GPS items to be clearly phrased, easy to understand, and nonconfrontational or not unpleasant to answer. The GPS is a feasible and acceptable instrument for detecting PDs in older adults in general practice. Educating professionals about PDs in older adults and the GPS is important prior to its use in daily practice and might further increase its acceptability.
AB - Although the Gerontological Personality Disorders Scale (GPS) can aid in detecting personality disorders (PDs) in older adults in general practice, its availability does not guarantee its use. This study therefore aimed to examine the feasibility and acceptability of the GPS from an older adult, informant, and professional perspective. A convergent parallel mixed methods study was conducted. Qualitative data were collected through semistructured interviews with four general practitioners and four nurse practitioners and were analyzed thematically. Quantitative data were collected through a 5-item questionnaire completed by 329 older adults and 329 informants. The thematic analysis revealed five major themes regarding feasibility and acceptability according to the professionals: taboo to ask intimate questions, quite unfamiliar with these disorders, assets, PDs are a topic of interest in general practice, and preconditions. Descriptive statistics showed that most older adults and informants found the GPS items to be clearly phrased, easy to understand, and nonconfrontational or not unpleasant to answer. The GPS is a feasible and acceptable instrument for detecting PDs in older adults in general practice. Educating professionals about PDs in older adults and the GPS is important prior to its use in daily practice and might further increase its acceptability.
KW - OLDER-ADULTS
KW - DIAGNOSTIC-ACCURACY
KW - DEPRESSION
KW - QUESTIONS
KW - THERAPY
KW - SAMPLE
KW - HEALTH
U2 - 10.1080/00223891.2018.1441152
DO - 10.1080/00223891.2018.1441152
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-3891
VL - 101
SP - 534
EP - 543
JO - Journal of Personality Assessment
JF - Journal of Personality Assessment
IS - 5
ER -