User involvement in mental health care: the role of nurses. A literature review
Authors: STRINGER, B.; VAN MEIJEL, B.1; DE VREE, W.2; VAN DER BIJL, J.3
Source: Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, Volume 15, Number 8, October 2008 , pp. 678-683(6)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
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Abstract:
This literature review was carried out to examine the effects of user involvement in shared decision-making processes and the methods/tools available to psychiatric nurses to measure and encourage user involvement. A systematic literature review was then used in this study. Many studies indicate that an increased involvement of service users leads to better care, better treatment compliance, improved health outcomes and higher levels of patient satisfaction. The tools and methods described are designed to measure the ability to participate, the process of implementation and the evaluation of healthcare services. An adequate instrument to measure user involvement will be necessary to underpin the positive effects. Although care providers have a statutory duty to help shape user involvement, and the tools required are available, care providers are still insufficiently inclined to take up this duty.Keywords: mental health care; mental nursing; patient-centred care; patient participation; shared decision making; user involvement
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2008.01285.x
Affiliations: 1: Associate Professor in Mental Health Nursing, Research Group `Mental Health Nursing', Institute for Advanced Studies and Applied Research, INHOLLAND University, Amsterdam, 2: Director of Studues, Adhesie Mental Health Institute, Deventer, and 3: Associate Professor and Coordinator Master of Science in Nursing, Department of Nursing Science, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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