What should inpatient psychological therapies be for? Qualitative views of service users on outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is limited research on what, when and how outcomes should be measured in psychological therapy trials in acute mental health inpatient wards.

Objectives

This study aimed to consider what outcomes service users think are important to measure.

Methods

This qualitative study explored the views of 14 participants, who had an inpatient admission within the last year, on outcomes of psychological therapies using semistructured interviews. Data were analysed using thematic analysis from a critical realist perspective with both inductive and deductive coding.

Results

The 126 outcomes that were important to participants were mapped onto an established taxonomy of outcomes across different health areas and the socioecological framework to consider the wi

SUBMITTER: Morgan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10726158 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature