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The perception of needs for care in staffand patients in community‐based mental health services. The South‐Verona Outcome Project 3
Author(s) -
Lasalvia Antonio,
Ruggeri Mirella,
Mazzi Maria Angela,
Dall'Agnola Rosa Bruna
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2000.102005366.x
Subject(s) - mental health , needs assessment , perception , medicine , service (business) , mental health service , nursing , psychology , psychiatry , family medicine , social science , economy , neuroscience , sociology , economics
Objective: The present study aims to assess needs for care rated by patients and staff and their agreement on needs assessment in a community‐based mental health service by using the Camberwell Assessment of Need (CAN). Method: The Italian version of the CAN was used in a sample of 247 patient–staff pairs. Results: Patients and staff showed poor agreement on both the presence of a need and on whether need had been met or not. Higher disability predicted a higher number of patient‐rated needs, while higher disability, higher number of service contacts and patient unemployment predicted a higher number of staff‐rated needs. Lower global functioning predicted higher disagreement in patients and staff ratings of needs. Conclusion: Patients and staff show different perceptions of needs for care and therefore multiple perspectives should be taken into account for planning and providing effective needs‐led mental health care.