An Exploration of the Use and Usefulness of the Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery (QPR)

Purpose: Without accurate information, personal recovery will remain in the shadow of other clinical measures of the mental health experience, such as severity of symptoms and degree of risk. Methods: This study examined utility of the Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery (QPR) to highlight personal recovery preferences and needs, from a service user perspective, within a sub-acute setting in Australia. Results: Fifty-seven QPRs were completed and the results were evaluated against the CHIME framework. The QPR highlighted the interpersonal and intrapersonal factors that support and impede personal recovery. Discussion: The QPR helps service users to identify and build on their own strengths and encourages clinicians to focus on service users’ personal aspirations, rather than predefined treatment goals. Conclusions: No single scale will provide a full picture of someone’s emotional wellbeing. A range of outcome measures should be used to get a more complete picture. The QPR could be standardized as one of the routine outcome measures used in Victorian mental health services.