Bridging the gap between sectors in transition from mental health hospitals to communities - determining and mediating the need for assistance in daily living for patients with mental illness.

IF 1.5 4区 医学 Q3 PSYCHIATRY
Louise M Stubberup, Jeanette R Christensen, Dorte Melgaard, Rikke Jørgensen
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Abstract

Background: Patients with mental illness often experience difficulties with participating in daily activities. Before discharge, it is therefore essential to assess patients' occupational performance to enable the municipalities to assign appropriate assistance. It is known that insufficient assistance in daily living may negatively affect health and well-being.

Aims: To explore which knowledge the municipalities need to assign appropriate assistance after discharge, the applicability of the knowledge delivered by the assessors and how they generated this knowledge.

Materials and methods: A qualitative interview study with 11 assessing occupational therapists and eight social workers.

Results: Most importantly was the type of occupations where the patients' needed assistance, and the type and amount of assistance. The knowledge delivered by the occupational therapists was in congruence with the municipal demands. However, generating the necessary knowledge was challenging, as the available evidence-based tools were not always found applicable.

Conclusions: The municipalities needed detailed descriptions of the patients' occupational performance to assign the appropriate assistance. The occupational therapists used both standardized and non-standardized assessment tools and faced difficulties in adhering to an evidence-based practice.

Significance: The findings underpin the municipal need for knowledge when assigning assistance and the need for evidence-based assessment tools for the occupational therapists working in mental health hospitals.

缩小从精神卫生医院向社区过渡的部门之间的差距——确定和调解精神疾病患者在日常生活中对援助的需求。
背景:精神疾病患者经常经历参与日常活动的困难。因此,在出院前,必须评估病人的职业表现,使市政当局能够分配适当的援助。众所周知,日常生活援助不足可能对健康和福祉产生负面影响。目的:探讨市政当局在出院后需要哪些知识来分配适当的援助,评估人员提供的知识的适用性以及他们如何产生这些知识。材料与方法:对11名职业治疗师和8名社会工作者进行定性访谈研究。结果:最重要的是患者需要帮助的职业类型、帮助的类型和数量。职业治疗师提供的知识与市政需求一致。然而,产生必要的知识是具有挑战性的,因为现有的循证工具并不总是适用的。结论:市政当局需要详细描述患者的职业表现,以分配适当的援助。职业治疗师使用标准化和非标准化的评估工具,在坚持循证实践方面面临困难。意义:研究结果表明,在精神卫生医院工作的职业治疗师在分配援助时需要知识,需要循证评估工具。
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Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry 医学-精神病学
CiteScore
3.60
自引率
5.60%
发文量
86
审稿时长
12 months
期刊介绍: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry publishes international research on all areas of psychiatry. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry is the official journal for the eight psychiatry associations in the Nordic and Baltic countries. The journal aims to provide a leading international forum for high quality research on all themes of psychiatry including: Child psychiatry Adult psychiatry Psychotherapy Pharmacotherapy Social psychiatry Psychosomatic medicine Nordic Journal of Psychiatry accepts original research articles, review articles, brief reports, editorials and letters to the editor.
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