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Psychiatric patients' views of their lives before and after moving to a hostel: a qualitative study
Author(s) -
Norman Ian,
Parker Fiona
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1990.tb01984.x
Subject(s) - qualitative research , context (archaeology) , psychology , perception , set (abstract data type) , semi structured interview , institution , medical education , medicine , social psychology , sociology , social science , paleontology , neuroscience , computer science , biology , programming language
This study focuses upon the experiences of a group of 10 long‐stay psychiatric patients as they moved from a large institution to a staffed community hostel The residents were interviewed 2 weeks prior to moving and again 6 weeks after the move Areas identified in the first set of unstructured interviews were followed up in the second set Qualitative analysis of the interviews revealed seven recurrent themes that are discussed in relation to other research studies that consider how people experience the effects of inshtutionahzahon The study tests the feasibility of unstructured interviews as a means of collecting accounts of the perceptions and expenences of a client group from which other research methods have failed to elicit detailed information Unstructured interviews proved successful when undertaken by a researcher who was well known and accepted by the residents Familiarity with the residents and the context of the interview was also found to be important in analysing interviews qualitatively and the study casts doubt upon the value of primary qualitative analysis of interview transcripts by researchers who have not also participated in the interviews The methodological implications for future deinshtutionalizahon studies are discussed