Differences of Mentally Ill Patients’ Satisfaction Degree during their Involuntary or Voluntary Stay in a Psychiatric Clinic
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Background: Mental health illness is not considered as a private matter, as it affects not only the mental patient's life and those who are considered his/her immediate family, but also the society as a whole. The involuntary examination and/or hospitalization in the field of mental health as the basic first-line therapeutic solution in Greece, calls for an immediate intervention, which is supposed to counterbalance the need for therapy and patient's rights of personal freedom and safety. Design and methods: A research using questionnaire was realized, consisting of 100 hospitalized patients in psychiatric clinics (50 voluntarily and 50 involuntarily hospitalized) at the Psychiatric Hospital of Attica. The sampling scheme was the stratified sampling and the level of statistical significance was set to α=0.05. Results: The results have shown that involuntarily and voluntarily hospitalized mental patients did not differ significantly with almost the entirety of the questionnaire; however, the involuntarily patients were significantly more satisfied with the conditions of hospitalization as well as assessing the overall quality of the services provided during their hospitalization. Conclusions: For mentally ill patients, greater importance and stronger correlation with gratification, does not constitute the admission procedure to the psychiatric clinic but the development of effective communication and therapeutic relationship with the staff, full knowledge and update about patient's health condition, medication, participation in therapeutic planning and hospitalization in a regime of autonomy and respect for their rights.
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One study of more than 3000 involuntary patients found that almost 30% wanted their admission when surveyed at the time of admission.
“Finally, one study of more than 3000 involuntary patients found that almost 30% wanted their admission when surveyed at the time of admission (116).”
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The Design and methods section says questionnaires were given on the day of discharge, not at admission. It reports 100 valid questionnaires, and the Results table divides them between voluntary and involuntary patients; it does not report a study of more than 3,000 involuntary patients or a finding that almost 30% wanted admission. (LLM, conf=0.92)
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- Authors
- Goula, A., Margetis, E., Stamouli, M.-A., Latsou, D., & Gkioka, V.
- Affiliations
- Master of Health and Social Care Management, University of West Attica, Greece
- University of West Attica (GR)
- Corresponding author
- Margetis, Evaggelos
- Stamouli, Maria-Aggeliki
- Latsou, Dimitra
- Gkioka, Vasiliki
- Venue
- Journal of Public Health Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2021-06-24
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 3
- ISSN
- 2279-9036 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC8239621
- OpenAlex
- W3137385293
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2024: 3 · 2023: 3
- FWCI
- 1.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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- Journal of Public Health Research (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Keywords
- patient satisfaction, involuntary psychiatric hospitalization, mental illness, quality of psychiatric care, therapeutic relationship, patient autonomy, patient rights
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