Asha Zappa, Justin Newton Scanlan, Anne Honey, Nicola Hancock
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Abstract
Background: Recovery-focused person/patient reported outcome measures (PROMs), are important for recovery-oriented services, but workers have been slow to embed them within practice. Little is known about factors that influence workers use of these measures.
Aim: To synthesise peer reviewed literature regarding the enablers and barriers mental health workers report to using recovery-focused PROMs in practice.
Methods: Five databases were searched. Data were extracted from publications meeting the inclusion criteria, tabulated, and presented graphically. A qualitative thematic analysis was also conducted.
Results: Only six of 30 recovery-focused PROMs had any published work reporting staff experiences of using them. Aspects influencing PROM use included: organisational and structural factors; value alignment; tool psychometrics; perceived relevance to practice and people accessing service; whether staff deemed tools to be useful and meaningful, and ease of use and access.
Conclusions: More work is needed to address worker needs if recovery-focused tools are to be used routinely to collaboratively support people to explore their own recovery-related strengths and priorities. Both tool specific aspects, and organisational structures, that can support or hinder workers to use these tools in routine and recovery-oriented ways.
Prisma/prospero: The PRISMA extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) was followed. Prospero does not accept protocols for scoping reviews.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Mental Health is an international forum for the latest research in the mental health field. Reaching over 65 countries, the journal reports on the best in evidence-based practice around the world and provides a channel of communication between the many disciplines involved in mental health research and practice. The journal encourages multi-disciplinary research and welcomes contributions that have involved the users of mental health services. The international editorial team are committed to seeking out excellent work from a range of sources and theoretical perspectives. The journal not only reflects current good practice but also aims to influence policy by reporting on innovations that challenge traditional ways of working.