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The Perceptions of the Ward Atmosphere in Four Jordanian Psychiatric Hospitals From the Perspective of Patients' Relatives
Author(s) -
ALSagarat Ahmad,
Moxham Lorna,
Curtis Janette,
Crooke Patrick
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/ppc.12057
Subject(s) - atmosphere (unit) , perspective (graphical) , perception , psychological intervention , arabic , psychiatry , psychology , scale (ratio) , mental health , ideal (ethics) , nursing , medicine , family medicine , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , computer science , thermodynamics , epistemology
Purpose To describes the perceptions of the ward atmosphere of psychiatric hospitals from the perspective of the relatives of people who were inpatients in those hospitals. Design and Methods A nonexperimental descriptive survey was used. Data were collected using the A rabic version of M oos W ard A tmosphere S cale Ideal and Real forms. Findings Data indicate that even though relatives of Jordanian mental health patients were generally positive about the ward atmosphere, they would like to see changes. Practice Implications By describing their current and ideal treatment environments, participants have provided information that can guide interventions to change the ward atmosphere and thus help foster better patient treatment outcomes.