학술논문
Factors associated with satisfaction and perceived helpfulness of mental healthcare: a World Mental Health Surveys report.
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Article
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Harris, Meredith G.; Kazdin, Alan E.; Munthali, Richard J.; Vigo, Daniel V.; Stein, Dan J.; Viana, Maria Carmen; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Alonso, Jordi; Andrade, Laura Helena; Bunting, Brendan; Chardoul, Stephanie; Gureje, Oye; Hu, Chiyi; Hwang, Irving; Karam, Elie G.; Navarro-Mateu, Fernando; Nishi, Daisuke; Orozco, Ricardo; Sampson, Nancy A.
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*MENTAL illness treatment
*RESEARCH
*PHOBIAS
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*SOCIAL workers
*AGE distribution
*PATIENT satisfaction
*PSYCHOLOGISTS
*REGRESSION analysis
*PATIENTS' attitudes
*SURVEYS
*COMPARATIVE studies
*SEX distribution
*INCOME
*RESEARCH funding
*MENTAL depression
*HEALTH insurance
*EMPLOYMENT
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*CLASSIFICATION of mental disorders
*SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors
*PHYSICIANS
*STUDENT attitudes
*PATIENT-professional relations
*STATISTICAL correlation
*CLUSTER analysis (Statistics)
*STATISTICAL sampling
*MARITAL status
*DATA analysis software
*MENTAL health services
*EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research
*BIPOLAR disorder
*MEDICAL needs assessment
*EDUCATIONAL attainment
*ADULTS
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1752-4458
Abstract
Background: Mental health service providers are increasingly interested in patient perspectives. We examined rates and predictors of patient-reported satisfaction and perceived helpfulness in a cross-national general population survey of adults with 12-month DSM-IV disorders who saw a provider for help with their mental health. Methods: Data were obtained from epidemiological surveys in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative. Respondents were asked about satisfaction with treatments received from up to 11 different types of providers (very satisfied, satisfied, neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, very dissatisfied) and helpfulness of the provider (a lot, some, a little, not at all). We modelled predictors of satisfaction and helpfulness using a dataset of patient-provider observations (n = 5,248). Results: Most treatment was provided by general medical providers (37.4%), psychiatrists (18.4%) and psychologists (12.7%). Most patients were satisfied or very satisfied (65.9-87.5%, across provider) and helped a lot or some (64.4-90.3%). Spiritual advisors and healers were most often rated satisfactory and helpful. Social workers in human services settings were rated lowest on both dimensions. Patients also reported comparatively low satisfaction with general medical doctors and psychiatrists/psychologists and found general medical doctors less helpful than other providers. Men and students reported lower levels of satisfaction than women and nonstudents. Respondents with high education reported higher satisfaction and helpfulness than those with lower education. Type of mental disorder was unrelated to satisfaction but in some cases (depression, bipolar spectrum disorder, social phobia) was associated with low perceived helpfulness. Insurance was unrelated to either satisfaction or perceived helpfulness but in some cases was associated with elevated perceived helpfulness for a given level of satisfaction. Conclusions: Satisfaction with and perceived helpfulness of treatment varied as a function of type of provider, service setting, mental status, and socio-demographic variables. Invariably, caution is needed in combining data from multiple countries where there are cultural and service delivery variations. Even so, our findings underscore the utility of patient perspectives in treatment evaluation and may also be relevant in efforts to match patients to treatments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]