Open AccessA percepção de pacientes e familiares sobre os resultados do tratamento em serviços de saúde mental
Author(s) -
Cecília Silva Costa,
Marina Bandeira,
Rita Laura Avelino Cavalcanti,
João Domingos Scalon
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
cadernos de saúde pública
Language(s) - Portuguese
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1678-4464
pISSN - 0102-311X
DOI - 10.1590/s0102-311x2011000500017
Subject(s) - mental health , scale (ratio) , perception , psychology , medicine , perspective (graphical) , psychiatry , clinical psychology , cartography , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , computer science , geography
The need to evaluate treatment outcomes in mental health services from the user's perspective has been highlighted in the literature. The objective of this study was to compare the perceptions of patients and their families regarding treatment outcomes, in terms of perceived changes in the patient's life. The Perception of Change Scale was applied to 100 psychiatric patients that used public mental health services and 100 family members. The results showed a high percentage of agreement between patients' and families' perceptions of change on most items in the scale and on the open-ended questions. The results confirmed previous studies comparing patients' and families' satisfaction with other aspects of services. They also attest to the validity of patients' responses in the evaluation of treatment outcomes in mental health services.