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Living with the opposite sex: The views of long‐stay psychiatric patients
Author(s) -
Hingley Susan M.,
Goodwin Anne M.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1994.tb01109.x
Subject(s) - psychology , psychiatry , population , value (mathematics) , continuing care , qualitative research , clinical psychology , medicine , nursing , social science , environmental health , machine learning , sociology , computer science
Assumptions tend to be made about the value of long‐stay psychiatric patients living on mixed‐sex wards. In this study the views of 71 patients living on single‐sex continuing care wards were elicited using a six‐item structured interview. The data were analysed by quantitative and qualitative methods. The results show that the majority of patients preferred single‐sex living. The benefits and problems of surveys with this population are discussed as well as the implications for decisions about the structure and quality of care.