Satisfaction of mentally ill patients living in community based settings

dc.contributor.author	Ζέρδιλα, Μαγδαληνή	el
dc.contributor.author	Ζέρβα, Στυλιανή	el
dc.contributor.author	Πολυκανδριώτη, Μαρία	el
dc.contributor.author	Κουκουλάρης, Δημήτριος	el
dc.contributor.author	Ευαγγέλου, Ελένη	el
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-20T13:57:51Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-20T13:57:51Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-20
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1468
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	Mental illness
dc.subject	Mental health
dc.subject	Community mental health services
dc.subject	Satisfaction
dc.subject	Αποκατάσταση
dc.subject	Ψυχική υγεία
dc.subject	Διανοητική υγεία
dc.subject	Ικανοποίηση
dc.subject	Mental health reform
dc.title	Satisfaction of mentally ill patients living in community based settings	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.generalDescription	Research article	en
heal.classification	Internal medicine
heal.classification	Ψυχιατρική
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heal.language	en
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heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2013-12
heal.bibliographicCitation	Zerdila, M., Zerva, S., Polikandrioti, M. & Koukoularis, D. (December 2013). Satisfaction of mentally ill patients living in community based settings. “Health Science Journal”. 7(4):403-416.	en
heal.abstract	At the end of 20th century, deinstitutionalisation of mentally ill patients has become the focus of attention, globally. Aim: The aim of the present study was to compare satisfaction of mentally ill patients moving from hospital to community based settings (Guest houses, Boarding houses) with their previous hospital stay. Method and Material: The sample study included 200 patients, moving to Guest houses and Boarding houses from a psychiatric public hospital of Athens. Data was collected by the completion of a special designed questionnaire for the needs of the present research which explored satisfaction by personal hygiene, nutrition, sense of safety, sociability, education and professional opportunities and financial support. The reliability of instrument was 0,89. Statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS-16 and statistical methods were t-test and Anova. Results: From the 200 participants, 54,5% was men and 45,5% women of which 87,5% was older than 40 years old. 40% of the sample-studied were living in Guest houses and 60% in Boarding houses. 84,5% didnβ€™t need to return to the Psychiatric Hospital and 75% felt more safe after moving to community based settings. The statistical analysis showed that women were more satisfied by nutrition, p=0,006. According to age, participants of 30-39 years old were more satisfied by the educational and professional opportunities but also more satisfied financially, p=<0,001 and p=0,009, respectively. As far as the marital status is concerned, it was found that married individuals were more satisfied by their nutrition, p=0,032 and that patients with no children felt more safe, p=0,023. More satisfied by their sociability, were those visited often by relatives and friends and those satisfied by their finances, p=<0,001 and p=0,004, respectively. Patients who communicated often with relatives and friends through phone were more satisfied by their nutrition p=0,009, by sociability p=<0,001, by the opportunities of educational and professional re-establishment, p=0,047 and by their fin.	en
heal.publisher	Μαρβάκη, Χριστίνα	el
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
heal.fullTextAvailability	true
heal.dateCreated	2013-10