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[Experience-based items of quality in psychiatric treatment: A first multivariate construct]
Sebastian von Peter1, Patrick Jänchen1, Lena Göppert1
1Hochschulklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie an der Medizinischen Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane, Immanuel Klinik Rüdersdorf, Rüdersdorf, Deutschland.
Summary
User-generated quality measures in psychiatric care were developed using a collaborative approach. This construct helps differentiate between structural and interpersonal needs, guiding quality improvement in various treatment settings.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatric Care Quality
- User-Generated Measurement Instruments
- Patient Experience Research
Context:
- Quality development and assurance in psychiatric services.
- Need for patient-centered quality metrics.
- Exploration of user experiences in mental healthcare settings.
Purpose:
- To develop an explorative construct of experience-related quality components in psychiatric care.
- To quantify these components and investigate their interrelations using multidimensional scaling.
- To differentiate between structural and interpersonal quality requirements.
Summary:
- A grounded theory methodology was employed to develop quality components based on user experiences in psychiatric care.
- Multidimensional scaling analyzed the internal cohesion of these quantified components.
- The resulting construct distinguishes between structural and interpersonal quality needs, identifying setting-specific components (home vs. institutional treatment).
Impact:
- Provides a framework for developing user-generated quality indicators in psychiatric care.
- Offers insights into tailoring quality improvement strategies for different treatment environments.
- Highlights the necessity for further validation of the developed construct and components.
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