The expressed emotion of case managers of the seriously mentally ill: the influence of expressed emotion on clinical outcomes

2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
TERESA TATTAN ◽  
NICHOLAS TARRIER

Background. Expressed emotion (EE) measured from relatives and informal carers has been consistently demonstrated to be associated with clinical outcome in schizophrenic patients. There have also been published studies that have investigated EE in professional carers that have suggested that the quality of the relationship between staff and patient may also be associated with patient outcomes. A large controlled trial of the effectiveness of different intensities of case management provided the opportunity to assess the association between the EE of case managers, including the quality of the relationship they had with patients under their care, and later clinical outcomes.Method. This was a prospective naturalistic study of EE present in a case manager–patient dyad and subsequent patient outcomes. EE was assessed from the Five Minute Speech Sample (FMSS) at least 3 months after the case manager became responsible for the patient's care and a range of clinical outcomes were assessed 6 to 9 months later. Assessment of clinical outcomes was made independent and blind of the EE ratings.Results. High EE ratings were significantly associated with individual case managers and not to symptom or illness factors. High EE was not associated with later clinical outcome, however, the positive relationship between case manager and patient was. The absence of a positive relationship was significantly associated with poorer outcomes.Conclusions. In spite of very low face-to-face contact between case managers and patients, compared with the amount of contact patients have with their informal carers and family, aspects of staff attitudes and behaviour did influence clinical outcome. There are potential implications of these results for staff training and clinical practice.

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-59
Author(s):  
Indra Yohanes Kiling ◽  
Johana Endang Prawitasari

This research aims to determine the relationship between psychological and demographic factors, which are dispositional optimism, and self-efficacy are the psychological factors, meanwhile home, sex and ethnicity as the demographic factors of quality of life in the older adults. The major hypothesis of this research proposed that there are positive relationship from both psychological factors and demographic factors to the quality of life in older adults. This study involved 53 older adult peoples. The result of multiple regression analysis shows that there is a positive relationship from all five variables to the quality of life in older adults as big as 76,5% (Adjusted R2= 0,765). This result means that both the psychological and demographic factors do have effective contributions to the quality of life in older adult people. The results of t-tests are also discussed.


2020 ◽  
pp. 1578-1598
Author(s):  
Muaadh Mukred ◽  
Zawiyah M. Yusof

This article discusses the relationship between educational institutes that use ERMS and the performance of those institutions. This article uses a mixed explanatory method that incorporated quantitative and qualitative approaches. The quantitative method collected the responses from 364 participants. This was followed by a qualitative approach where experts were interviewed to verify the model. The results generated using the quantitative approach demonstrated that the quality of the system, information, and service as well as the security provided by the system had a significant positive relationship with the successful adoption of ERMS, which in turn improved performance. Moreover, the qualitative results that gathered through the experts confirmed the findings and contributed to enriching the understanding of the adoption of ERMS in educational institutions.


2020 ◽  
pp. 027614672093515
Author(s):  
Zeynep Baktir ◽  
Forrest Watson

This article explores community well-being (CWB) outcomes of institutional trust (and distrust) through entrepreneurship in the context of a refugee-hosting society in Turkey. Existing studies show the positive relationship between institutional trust and quality of life (QOL) as well as entrepreneurship and QOL in subsistence contexts. This research, however, explores the relationship between institutional (dis)trust and entrepreneurship on a path to CWB with a special emphasis on refugee and local interactions in the marketplace. Three different paths to the QOL of refugees and/or locals are presented, but only two lead to CWB outcomes encompassing both refugees and locals. Consideration of refugees and locals as both consumers and business owners provides perspective on the interplay between social trust and institutional trust in a socio-culturally heterogeneous subsistence context. The article also discusses implications for theory and practice.


2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e17530-e17530
Author(s):  
L. Kaiser ◽  
J. Fridlyand ◽  
G. Fyfe

e17530 Background: The impact of baseline tumor burden (bTB) and percentage reduction in tumor burden (dTB) on patient outcome has not been systematically studied in oncology clinical trials. We assess the relationship between both bTB and dTB and objective response (OR), progression free and overall survival (PFS and OS) in bevacizumab (B) and trastuzumab (T) trials. Methods: We analyzed 3 B and 1 T Ph 3 mBC and mCRC trials of > 1800 patients total. We used correlations and Cox models for the relationships between pairs of variables and multivariate Cox models to evaluate TB and PFS as independent predictors of OS. Here, we present the minimum dTB value until progression. Results: bTB is not related to dTB, OR rate or PFS time; it is negatively related to OS. dTB shows a strong positive relationship with PFS and OS. TB and PFS are independent predictors of OS, with PFS the better predictor. Results at earlier dTB assessments and within treatment arms are similar. Conclusions: Patients with high bTB are equally likely to respond to treatment and to have prolonged PFS as those with lower bTB, but high bTB is a negative predictor for OS. In contrast, greater percentage reductions in TB are strongly associated with better PFS and OS outcomes. Tumor burden and PFS are independent predictors of OS. Owing to these relationships, assessing bTB and dTB, as well as OR, PFS and OS, may improve the interpretation of phase II data. [Table: see text] [Table: see text]


Author(s):  
Alyssa W. Chamberlain ◽  
Matthew Gricius ◽  
Danielle M. Wallace ◽  
Diana Borjas ◽  
Vincent M. Ware

Parole officers are an integral part of parolees’ reentry process and success. Few studies, however, have examined whether the quality of the relationship between parolees and their parole officer influences outcomes such as recidivism. This study assesses how recidivism is affected by the quality of the relationship that parolees have with their parole officers. Using the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI) dataset, we use parolees’ perceptions of their relationship with their parole officer to determine whether they have established a positive or negative relationship, and whether these types of relationships differentially affect recidivism. Results show that parolees who have a negative relationship with their parole officer have higher rates of recidivism, while a positive relationship lowers parolees’ likelihood of recidivating. An implication of this study emphasizes parole officer training that develops positive, high-quality relationships with parolees. Further implications are discussed below.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. p267
Author(s):  
Zohreh Tavajoh ◽  
Mojde Yaqubi

Different translators with different personality traits make variant decisions in their translations. In this study, the effect of personality traits of Iranian translators on their performance quality was explored from a psychological perspective. In the first step, the BFI Test (Big Five-Factor Inventory) was administered to the 30 MA translation students in Tehran Islamic Azad University. In the second step, the researcher distributed two different English source texts among the participants for the purpose of translation. Having finished the task of translating, the target texts produced by the students were assessed to investigate the correlation between personality traits and the quality of the translation. Hence, three instructors of translation were recruited to evaluate the translations and correspondingly score them on the basis of Farahzad’s (1992). The analysis of the acquired results proved both of the hypotheses of the study. First, there was a positive relationship between personality traits and translators? performance quality in different text types and also, Psychological model of translators’ personality had a significant effect on assessing the translated works.


2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 605-610
Author(s):  
Helena Isidro ◽  
Maria Manuela Martins ◽  
Ilídio Tomás Lopes

This research focuses on the relationship between the quality of financial reporting and the level of corporate governance of Brazilian firms, particularly between New Market and Traditional Market. We measure earnings quality based on a widely used accruals model. Governance quality is represented by the type of market the firms chooses to be listed in. Firms that opt for the New Market must apply more stringent governance principles. The empirical analysis shows evidence of a positive relationship between the quality of financial reporting and the level of corporate governance. Thus, firms listed on the New Market characterized by better governance practices evidence better quality financial reporting.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
Hasan Ahmad Alshafea ◽  
Abdelrahman Ahmad Saear ◽  
Abdelrahman Mohamad Megahed

The study aimed to identify the relationship between talent management and enhancing the competitive advantage of some sports federations in the Egyptian and Bahraini societies, in addition to the difference in this according to the variables of both experience and level of employment. To achieve this, the researchers used both Talent Management and Competitive Advantage quetionair as a tool to collect data and information from a sampling sample of (50) and a core sample of (247) board members and employees of Egyptian and Bahraini sports federations. The results of the study showed that there is no relationship between the methods of managing human talent between the Egyptian and Bahrain sports federations. There is a positive relationship in the quality of talent in the Bahraini unions and creativity in the Egyptian and Bahraini federations. The results also indicate that there is no difference between the Bahraini and Egyptian federations in the management of sports talents and the promotion of competitive advantage due to the variables of experience and level of employment. Researchers have recommended that specific criteria be used to attract sports talent and retain competencies to reduce the cost of spending on sports talent.


2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 1483-1497 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Dolores Temprado Albalat ◽  
Pedro García Martínez ◽  
Rafa Ballester Arnal ◽  
Eladio J Collado-Boira

Impact and adjustment to a drainage enterostomy are measured mainly through health indicators. To investigate the relationship between resilience and adaptation to the placement of a drainage enterostomy. Prospective observational study with a sample of 125 patients (64 men/36 women) with a temporary or permanent drainage enterostomy and a mean age of 66.72 years. High quality of life (mean, 80.5) and resilience (mean, 79.57) scores and a positive relationship between both were found. There seems to be a positive relationship with general quality of life and health-related quality of life. The logistic regression model shows that the main predictor as regards health-related quality of life is resilience.


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