Design & Data Gathering | |||
| introduction & links | preparation & piloting | data analysis & dissemination |
Timeframe: 01 September 2003 – 30 May 2005.
Inclusion Criteria, Time Points & Projected Sample Sizes »»
| construct | instrument |
| socio-demographic characteristics of catchment areas and mental health services provided | EPCAT instrumentsa) |
| patients' socio-demographic and clinical characteristics | self-definedb) |
| severity of illness | BPRSc), GAFd), MOASe) |
| objective characteristics of each coercive measure | self-defined |
| coercion and pressures perceived by patients | AESf), Cantril ladderg), |
| patients' compliance with treatment | self-defined |
| patients' satisfaction with treatment | CATh) |
| patients' subjective quality of life | MANSAi) |
| patients' retrospective attitudes toward treatment | self-defined |
| use of psychiatric services after discharge | self-defined |
| staff and relatives’ attitudes towards coercive measures | to be defined |
The study's web-based computerised data entry and documentation system has been built on the software tool MACRO by InferMed Ltd (London).
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| d) | American Psychiatric Association (1994): Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. 4th ed. Washington (DC). |
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| g) | Høyer, G., Kjellin, L., Engberg, M., Kaltiala-Heino, R., Nilstun, T., Sigurjónsdóttir, M., Syse, A. (2002). Paternalism and autonomy - a presentation of a Nordic study on the use of coercion in the mental health care system. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 25, 93-108. |
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| i) | Priebe, S., Huxley, P., Knight, S, Evans, S. (1999). Application of the Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life (MANSA). International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 45, 7-12. |