Observing Communication Skills in Staff Interacting with Adults Suffering from Intellectual Disability, Autism and Schizophrenia

Bakken, Trine Lise; Eilertsen, Dag Erik; Smeby, Nina Aa.; Martinsen, Harald

doi:10.1177/010740830802800108

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“…The field in which the empirical data were collected is influenced by psychodynamic psychiatry (14). Some of the findings were some unexpected and might draw attention to topics particularly interesting for educational purposes.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…They showed social withdrawal and severely impaired global functioning. The patients' psychotic symptoms were measured previous to the video recording (14).…”

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“…Observation categories were designed according to available theory and research. Staff and patient measurements are presented and discussed in part one of this paper (14).…”

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“…The present paper is part two of a study on effective staff communication related to severely disturbed patients. The first paper describes the process of defining suitable scoring categories to represent effective communication (14). These skills were tested empirically.…”

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Effective Communication Related to Psychotic Disorganised Behaviour in Adults with Intellectual Disability and Autism

Bakken¹,

Eilertsen²,

Smeby³

et al. 2008

Nordic Journal of Nursing Research

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Background: Adults with intellectual disability, autism, and psychotic symptoms display severe disorganisation, which affects their ability to communicate and to perform well-known tasks. They display an aggravated loss of ability to initiate interaction with their staff. Aims: The aim was to examine whether a set of chosen staff communication skills was effective related to psychotic disorganised behaviour and initiatives in the patients. Materials and methods: Three hundred and seventy sequences of dyadic staff and patient interactions were analysed. Thirty-four staff and four patients with intellectual disability, autism, and psychoses were included.Staff and patient interaction was observed by video camera in the natural settings. Two independent observers scored each category. Data were analysed using contingency tables and the significance level was computed using Chi-square analysis. Results: The probability of disorganised behaviour in the patients decreases significantly and the amount of initiatives increases significantly when the staff communicates effectively. The four main categories of staff communication have different effects upon the disorganised behaviour and initiatives from patients. Task sustenance was most effective on disorganised behaviour, whereas emotional support encouraged most patients' initiatives.

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confidence: 99%

“…They showed social withdrawal and severely impaired global functioning. The patients' psychotic symptoms were measured previous to the video recording (14).…”

Section: Staffmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Observation categories were designed according to available theory and research. Staff and patient measurements are presented and discussed in part one of this paper (14).…”

Section: Measures and Proceduresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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