Accuracy of nurses' perceptions of voice hearing and psychiatric symptoms

England, Margaret

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.04162.x

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“…We note lack of published nursing studies about voice hearing or the lived experience of voice hearing in a non-patient population. We concur with England [7,31] and associates [30] that published nursing research about hearing voices in non-patient, non-clinical populations is sparse. In light of various voice hearing movements, a knowledge gap exists about non-patient experiences of voice hearing.…”

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confidence: 70%

“…Adam and associates [50] found the interpersonal nature of the relationship with the nurse most valued by voice hearers in contrast to technical aspects of care. England [7] declares that "graduate nursing curricula should require holistic voice hearing assessment and nurses should assess more holistic measures of voice hearing so they can discern uniqueness in voice hearers' experiences" [7, p. 138]. Milham and Easton [49] suggest a nonjudgmental approach, proposing a view of voice hearing as "an experience to accept and make sense of" [49, p. 98].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Lack of understanding poses risks for inadequate assessment and inappropriate responses. Nurses need to engage with voices hearers, interpreting and discerning meanings of the voices and reliably assessing and offering helpful interventions [7]. The experience of voice hearing is understudied in nursing.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Search terms included nursing research, voice hearing, hearing voices, non-clinical, auditory hallucinations and epidemiological research. Available published nursing research shows nurses' views or perceptions of and responses to: Voice hearers [28] hearing voices [7,29] inner voice experiences [7], hallucinated voice experiences and atypical sense perception [30]. These studies point to the importance of the quality of the therapeutic relationship to accurate assessment and helpful interventions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These studies point to the importance of the quality of the therapeutic relationship to accurate assessment and helpful interventions. Two investigations [7,28] found contrasting views in respondents who were voice hearers with a psychiatric diagnosis or symptoms and nurse respondents, suggesting conflicting realities.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Voice hearing over time: A qualitative study of a woman without a psychiatric diagnosis

Talseth¹,

Gilje²,

Kalhovde³

2012

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Voice hearing, a complex perceptual phenomenon, is reportedly common in the general population yet understudied in nursing. Nurses meet voice hearers from diverse cultures; their understandings influence assessment. The aim was to explore voice hearing in everyday life in a non-patient population, revealing insights for assessing voice hearing. Method: Interview data was transcribed, translated into English and analyzed by qualitative content analysis. Outcome measures are thematic descriptions. Results: Voice hearing over time involved past (about year 2000) and recent (2009) time periods. Four main themes were: “Transitioning from not-being-at home when home alone to being at-home”, “Shifting overtime from frequent, repetitive voice hearing to inferquent intermittent voice hearing overtime”, “Changing from being disempowered to being empowered” and “Progressing from absence of significant others to presence of significant others”. Study Limitations: Interviewing a single participant residing in Scandinavia produced in-depth descriptions consistent with the study’s aim. The participant had no known psychiatric diagnosis and had not received mental health care when recruited and interviewed. However, we cannot be certain that her voice hearing was or was not non-pathological which raises issues concerning truth value of the study. Conclusions: The results reflect life world existential themes of lived time, lived space, lived body and lived human relation, and offers a framework for guiding and challenging nurses’ assessments of voice hearing. Voice hearing can be understood as a bereavement-grief response. Further research is needed in western and non-western cultures and non-patient populations

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Voice hearing over time: A qualitative study of a woman without a psychiatric diagnosis

Talseth¹,

Gilje²,

Kalhovde³

2012

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The distress of voice-hearing: The use of simulation for awareness, understanding and communication skill development in undergraduate nursing education

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Kellehear

Armari

et al. 2013

Nurse Education in Practice

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Psychiatric nurse's perceptions of their interactions with people who hear voices: A qualitative systematic review and thematic analysis

McCluskey¹,

Watson²,

Nugent³

et al. 2022

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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What is known on the subject?• There is no qualitative systematic review of nurses' perceptions of their interactions with people hearing voices. There are some studies exploring the interventions provided by community psychiatric nurses to people hearing voices; these give a sense of what interactions may contain. What the paper adds to the existing knowledge?• Nurses across both community and inpatient mental healthcare settings feel uncertain about how to interact with people hearing voices, sometimes feeling like they can do little to help. Their interactions are affected by the workplace culture, education and training and concern for their own safety. Nurses rely on a therapeutic relationship for all interactions. What are the implications for practice?• This is an under investigated area of mental healthcare. None the less this qualitative systematic review highlights that nurses are unclear about how to interact with service users hearing voices with the resultant outcome that service users in great distress may only be receiving minimal benefit from their interactions with the nurses caring for them.

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Accuracy of nurses' perceptions of voice hearing and psychiatric symptoms

Abstract: Accurate and specific assessment of voice hearing may facilitate engagement with voice hearers and improve the selection of strategies to help them manage the voices that upset them.

Cited by 5 publications

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Voice hearing over time: A qualitative study of a woman without a psychiatric diagnosis

Voice hearing over time: A qualitative study of a woman without a psychiatric diagnosis

The distress of voice-hearing: The use of simulation for awareness, understanding and communication skill development in undergraduate nursing education

Psychiatric nurse's perceptions of their interactions with people who hear voices: A qualitative systematic review and thematic analysis

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