A quantifiable nursing evaluation: The need within a forensic mental health setting

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A feasibility evaluation of Discovery Group: determining the acceptability and potential outcomes of a patient-led research group in a secure mental health inpatient setting

Background Patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) is recognised as an essential part of health research. In addition to providing an opportunity for patients to shape health research and acquire research skills, in the inpatient mental health setting, PPIE may have additional value in providing meaningful activity and enhancing recovery, as defined using connectedness, hope, identity, meaning and empowerment (CHIME) principles. However, there have been challenges in applying PPIE principles in secure mental health inpatient settings. An eight -session PPIE programme (“Discovery Group”) was designed to support patient-led research in a secure mental health hospital. This feasibility study aims to evaluate the acceptability of the programme from the perspective of patients and identify potential outcomes. Methods A retrospective single-arm post-programme evaluation of Discovery Group was undertaken. Participants attended an evaluation workshop where they were interviewed individually to complete an acceptability questionnaire designed using the domains of the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability. Participants also completed an outcomes questionnaire, which included CHIME-based recovery items, and were invited to share their ideas for programme improvement on posters. Quantitative data were analysed descriptively. Direct content analysis was applied to qualitative data. Results In our sample, eight participants attended at least one session of the discovery group with one patient attending all sessions. Most of the participants felt positive about taking part in the group and expressed interest in joining another group in future. All participants experienced some burden from the effort required during group sessions, but a low level of opportunity cost in terms of the extent to which they perceived they had to forfeit benefits to participate in the programme.. Some described the group as effective in helping them learn about research. Of the five CHIME recovery domains, only connectedness was reported as a benefit of the group. The participants valued the opportunity to use their time well and demonstrate that they were undertaking purposeful activity as part of their rehabilitation and recovery. Conclusions Discovery Group is a tool to overcome barriers to effective PPIE in research in a secure inpatient mental health setting. The programme has a high level of acceptability among participants and offered several potential outcomes which require testing through further study.

A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE ATTITUDE OF NURSING STUDENTS TOWARDS MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS AND PSYCHIATRY IN SELECTED MENTAL HEALTH SETTING IN DELHI

Current descriptive study is result of pilot study conducted among 60 nursing students in psychiatry & rehabilitative center of Delhi to assess their attitude towards mentally ill patients and psychiatry. Convenient sampling method is used to allocate the samples and data were collected with help of Google form. Findings of the study revealed that nursing students attitude towards mentally ill people and psychiatry is in higher side from minimum which indicates favorable attitudes towards psychiatry. There is no significant association between attitude towards mental ill patients and selected socio-demographic variable. There is no significant association between attitude towards Psychiatric and selected socio except pursuing course. There is negative correlation found between attitude towards mentally ill patients and psychiatry.