Sleep problems and referral intentions in mental health services: service user self-report and staff proxy report surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sleep problems are common in mental health service users, but few non-pharmacological therapies are offered. Therapies are being developed and tested, but there may be barriers to these therapies reaching those who need them.

Methods

Light-Dark and Activity Rhythm Therapy (L-DART), is a new sleep therapy delivered by an occupational therapist, which has been feasibility tested in people with schizophrenia spectrum diagnoses. This paper presents two surveys, conducted with mental health staff and service users, on sleep problems, treatment wishes; and barriers and facilitators to uptake of L-DART or similar therapies. Descriptive statistics, single-level and multi-level ordinal logistic regression were used to examine factors associated with sleep problems and refe

SUBMITTER: Faulkner SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10413589 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature