Adverse impact of coercive treatments on psychiatric inpatients' satisfaction with care.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Consumers' satisfaction with inpatient mental health care is recognized as a key quality indicator that prospectively predicts functional and clinical outcomes. Coercive treatment experience is a frequently cited source of dissatisfaction with inpatient care, yet more research is needed to understand the factors that influence consumers' perceptions of coercion and its effects on satisfaction, including potential "downstream" effects of past coercive events on current treatment satisfaction. The current study examined associations between objective and subjective indices of coercive treatments and patients' satisfaction with care in a psychiatric inpatient sample (N = 240). Lower satisfaction ratings were independently associated with three coercive treatment variables: current involuntary admission, perceived coercion during current admission, and self-reported history of being refused a requested medication. Albeit preliminary, these results document associations between patients' satisfaction ratings and their subjective experiences of coercion during both current and prior hospitalizations.
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Duke Authors
- Bradford, Daniel William
- Calhoun, Patrick Shields
- Marx, Christine Elizabeth
- Oddone, Eugene Zaverio
- Olsen, Maren Karine
- Strauss, Jennifer Leigh
- Swanson, Jeffrey W.
- Swartz, Marvin Stanley
Cited Authors
- Strauss, JL; Zervakis, JB; Stechuchak, KM; Olsen, MK; Swanson, J; Swartz, MS; Weinberger, M; Marx, CE; Calhoun, PS; Bradford, DW; Butterfield, MI; Oddone, EZ
Published Date
- August 2013
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 49 / 4
Start / End Page
- 457 - 465
PubMed ID
- 23054144
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1573-2789
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1007/s10597-012-9539-5
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States