Validation of the French Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS)

Validation of the French Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) in Both Non-clinical and Clinical Populations

Background: Despite current popularity, positive mental health is under researched. This is possibly due to a lack of consensus on appropriate measuresThe Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) is a 14 positively phrased Likert-style list of items developed to measure mental well-being. Its validation has been internationally explored. This report presents the French validation of the WEMWBS (F-WEMWBS) in non-clinical and clinical populations.

Methods: Two non-clinical populations comprised of 319 working adults (WORK), and 75 students (STUD), and one clinical population of 121 patients with remitted schizophrenia (PRS) were included in the validation study. Participants completed the F-WEMWBS as well as complementary measures of psychological constructs potentially related to well-being.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Human Characteristics; Attitude to Health

Detailed Description

Three different populations participated in the study: two non-clinical populations composed of students (STUD), and working adults (WORK) and one clinical population comprised of patients with remitted schizophrenia (PRS). The STUD population was a convenient sample of 75 first year students (51 females and 24 males); with 45 from a School of Business Management and 30 from a medical university. The WORK population was also a convenient sample of 113 (63 females and 256 males) working adults including 217 soldiers from Paris Fire Brigade, 93 nurses and 9 individuals from a research laboratory. The PRS population was comprised of 121 remitted schizophrenia patients (39 females and 82 males) who were all clients of the rehabilitation centre for psychotic disorders (Le Vinatier hospital), situated in Lyon, France.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 515

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Three different populations participated in the study: two non-clinical populations composed of students (STUD), and working adults (WORK) and one clinical population comprised of patients with remitted schizophrenia (PRS).

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• For STUD and WORK, there were two criteria to be included in the study: (i) , not undergoing medical treatment for psychological issues at the time of the study and (ii) and not having been part of a stress management program prior to recruitment for the current study.
• For PRS, there were three criteria to be included in the study: (i) a DSM-IVR diagnosis of schizophrenia as confirmed by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for DSM-IV (MINI; 14); (ii) age between 18 and 65 years; and (iii) being clinically stable (i.e. not having required hospitalization or increases in medication as a result of an exacerbation of acute symptoms over the previous three months).

Exclusion Criteria:

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Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Cohort
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

Number of groups / cohorts

3

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
students (STUD); The STUD population was a convenient sample of 75 first year students (51 females and 24 males); with 45 from a School of Business Management and 30 from a medical university.
working adults (WORK); The WORK population was also a convenient sample of 113 (63 females and 256 males) working adults including 217 soldiers from Paris Fire Brigade, 93 nurses and 9 individuals from a research laboratory.
remitted schizophrenia (PRS); The PRS population was comprised of 121 remitted schizophrenia patients (39 females and 82 males) who were all clients of the rehabilitation centre for psychotic disorders (Le Vinatier hospital),

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Change in The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS)	Baseline and 2 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hôpital le Vinatier
• Collaborators: Institut de Recherche Biomedicale des Armees; Université d'Auvergne; Australian Catholic University; Fondation de France

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: January 1, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 1, 2014
• Study Completion (Actual): October 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 17, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 19, 2014
• First Posted (Estimate): December 24, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): December 24, 2014
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 19, 2014
• Last Verified: December 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: well-being, mental health, schizophrenia, quality of life
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2010-A00212-37