Measurement and Instrumentation
Program Evaluation Form. This 29-item investigator-developed instrument evaluates the
nurse course leaders’ perceptions, querying about the background and number of course leaders,
class format, client diagnoses, the helpfulness of the Treatment Manual and instruments,
perceptions of changes in communication with patients about voices, summarized pre- and postcourse
patient data for the Characteristics of Auditory Hallucinations Questionnaire and the
Unpleasant Voices Scale, feedback from nurse course leaders about their experience with the
training methods, and their perceptions about the facilitators and barriers to course
implementation. The course leaders at each site collaboratively completed one form at the end of
the course.