Key references*
*Please use these key references in any publication resulting from using the OxCAP-MH questionnaire.
Development and validation of OxCAP-MH:
- Simon J, Anand P, Gray A, Rugkåsa J, Yeeles K, and Burns T. Operationalising the capability approach for outcome measurement in mental health research. Soc Sci Med. 2013 Dec;98:187–196. DOI:10.1016/ j.socscimed.2013.09.019
- Vergunst F, Jenkinson C, Burns T, Anand P, Gray A, Rugkåsa J, et al. Psychometric validation of a multi-dimensional capability instrument for outcome measurement in mental health research (OxCAP-MH). Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2017 Dec 28;15(1):250. DOI:10.1186/s12955-017-0825-3.
Other references
Translation and validation:
- Balázs P, Łaszewska A, Simon J, Brodszky V. Population normative data for OxCAP-MH capability scores. Eur J Health Econ. 2024 May 24. DOI: 10.1007/s10198-024-01696-w
- van der Boor CF, Taban D, Ismail K, Simon J, Roberts B, Fuhr D, Tol WA, Greco G. Measuring refugees' capabilities: translation, adaptation, and valuation of the OxCAP-MH into Juba Arabic for use among South Sudanese male refugees in Uganda. J Patient Rep Outcomes. 2024 Apr 2;8(1):40. DOI: 10.1186/s41687-024-00720-0
- Katumba KR, Laurence YV, Tenywa P, Ssebunnya J, Laszewska A, Simon J, et al. Cultural and Linguistic Adaptation of the Multi-dimensional OXCAP-MH for Outcome Measurement in Mental Health among people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda: The Luganda Version. J Patient Rep Outcomes. 2021 Apr 7;5:32. DOI: 10.1186/s41687-021-00306-0
- Helter TM, Kovacs I, Kanka A, Varga O, Kalman J, Simon J. Internal and external aspects of freedom of choice in mental health: cultural and linguistic adaptation of the Hungarian version of the Oxford CAPabilities questionnaire—Mental Health (OxCAP-MH). BMC Psychol. 2021 Oct 18;9:161. DOI: 10.1186/s40359-021-00660-0
- Łaszewska A, Schwab M, Leutner E, Oberrauter, M, Spiel, G, Simon, J. Measuring broader wellbeing in mental health services: validity of the German language OxCAP-MH capability instrument. Qual Life Res. 2019 Aug;28(8):2311-2323. DOI:10.1007/s11136-019-02187-9
- Simon J, Laszewska A, Leutner A, Spiel G, Churchman D, Mayer S. Cultural and linguistic transferability of the multi-dimensional OxCAP-MH capability instrument for outcome measurement in mental health: the German language version. BMC Psychiatry. 2018 Jun 5;18:173. DOI: 10.1186/s12888-018-1762-3
Development of preference weights:
- Helter TM, Kaltenboeck A, Baumgartner J, Mayrhofer F, Heinze G, Sönnichsen A, Wancata J, Simon J. Does the relative importance of the OxCAP-MH's capability items differ according to mental ill-health experience? Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2022 Jun 24;20(1):99. DOI: 10.1186/s12955-022-02009-6
Application:
- White RG, Christiansen P, van der Boor C. A longitudinal study of capability-based quality of life and mental health in the first 5-months of lockdown restrictions in the UK. BMC Public Health. 2023 Mar 8;23(1):451. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15285-8
- Helter TM, Łaszewska A, Simon J. Exploring the over-time, multifaceted impacts of three COVID-19 lockdowns on aspects of capability, wellbeing and mental health across vulnerabilities in Austria. Sci Rep. 2022 Oct 1;12(1):16484. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-20977-z
- Helter TM, Coast J, Łaszewska A, Stamm T, Simon J. Comparison of capability and health-related quality of life instruments in capturing aspects of mental well-being in people with schizophrenia and depression. BJPsych Open. 2022 Jun 27;8(4):e117. DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2022.514
- Simon J, Helter TM, White RG, van der Boor C, Łaszewska A. Impacts of the Covid-19 lockdown and relevant vulnerabilities on capability well-being, mental health and social support: an Austrian survey study. BMC Public Health. 2021 Feb 8;21(1):314. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10351-5
- Simon J, Mayer S, Łaszewska A, Rugkåsa J, Yeeles K, Burns T, Gray A. Cost and quality-of-life impacts of community treatment orders (CTOs) for patients with psychosis: economic evaluation of the OCTET trial. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2021 Jan;56(1):85-95. DOI: 10.1007/s00127-020-01919-4