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Patients' experiences of taking part in Time Together – A nursing intervention in psychiatric inpatient care
Author(s) -
Molin Jenny,
Graneheim Ulla Hällgren,
Ringnér Anders,
Lindgren BrittMarie
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.911
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1447-0349
pISSN - 1445-8330
DOI - 10.1111/inm.12560
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , feeling , nursing , qualitative research , compliance (psychology) , nursing staff , medicine , psychology , qualitative analysis , content analysis , nursing care , social psychology , social science , sociology
This qualitative study aimed to illuminate patients’ experiences of taking part in the nursing intervention Time Together. The data were drawn from 11 individual semi‐structured interviews with patients and analysed with qualitative content analysis using an inductive approach. The results show that patients taking part in Time Together felt confirmed and participated on equal terms; thus, they experienced being seen as humans among other humans. Time Together offered patients a break, and they felt strengthened, which contributed to their hopes for recovery. Furthermore, when Time Together was absent patients felt disconfirmed, which fostered feelings of distance from staff. The results support the effectiveness of the intervention, indicating that Time Together may be a tool to facilitate patients’ personal recovery. However, the success of the intervention depends on staff compliance with the predetermined structure of the intervention in combination with engagement.