Patient-reported outcomes of the nurse-patient relationship in psychiatric inpatients hospitals: a multicentred descriptive cross-sectional studyShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, ISSN 1351-0126, E-ISSN 1365-2850, Vol. 30, no 3, p. 568-579Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
INTRODUCTION: Identifying patient-reported outcomes of the nurse-patient relationship is a priority in inpatient mental healthcare to guide clinical decision-making and quality improvement initiatives. Moreover, demonstrating nurse-sensitive patient outcomes can be a strategy to avoid further erosion of the specialism of psychiatric and/or mental health nursing.
AIM/QUESTION: To measure nurse-sensitive patient outcomes of the nurse-patient relationship.
METHOD: In a multicentred cross-sectional study, 296 inpatients admitted to five psychiatric hospitals completed the recently developed and validated Mental Health Nurse-Sensitive Patient Outcome-Scale (MH-NURSE-POS). The MH-NURSE-POS consists of 21 items (six-point Likert-scale) in four domains: 'growth', 'expression', 'control', and 'motivation'.
RESULTS: Participants displayed moderate to good average scores for the MH-NURSE-POS total (4.42) and domain scores (≥4.09). Especially outcomes related to 'motivation' to follow and stay committed to the treatment received high average scores (≥4.60).
DISCUSSION: The results demonstrate that patients perceive the nurse-patient relationship and the care given by psychiatric and/or mental health nurses as contributing to their treatment.
IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICES: Patient-reported outcomes can guide nurses and managers to provide and organize nursing care and to build a nurse-patient relationship that has a positive impact on these outcomes. Additionally, outcomes can create nursing visibility as a profession in- and outside mental healthcare.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Blackwell Publishing, 2023. Vol. 30, no 3, p. 568-579
Keywords [en]
peplau's theory, quantitative methodology, scales and assessment, statistical methods, therapeutic relationships
National Category
Nursing Psychiatry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-103155DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12895ISI: 000913079100001PubMedID: 36588478Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85146320769OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-103155DiVA, id: diva2:1729117
2023-01-192023-01-192023-12-08Bibliographically approved