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Patients' Experiences of Participating Actively in Shared Decision-Making in Mental Care
Lise Sæstad Beyene1,2,3, Elisabeth Severinsson4, Britt Sætre Hansen2,3,4
1Stavanger Community Mental Health Centre, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.
Background:
Patients in mental care express a wish for more active participation. Shared decision-making is a way of increasing patient participation. There is lack of research into what the shared decision-making process means and how the patients can participate in and experience it in the context of mental care.
Objective:
To describe patient participation in shared decision-making in the context of indoor mental care.
Method:
A qualitative content analysis of data from in-depth interviews with 16 patients was performed.
Results:
One main theme was revealed: thriving in relation to participating actively in a complementary ensemble of care, which represented the red thread between 2 themes: having mental space to discover my way forward and being in a position to express my case.
Conclusion:
Patients can participate actively in shared decision-making when the patients' and the mental health-care professionals' joint expertise is applied throughout their mental care. The patients experience thriving when participating actively in a complementary ensemble of care.
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