The role of community mental health nurses caring for people with schizophrenia in Taiwan: a substantive grounded theory

Huang, Xuan‐Yi; Yen, Wen‐Jiuan; Liu, Shwu-Jiuan; Lin, Chouh-Jiuan

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02110.x

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“…The government provides aftercare for these clients through home visiting services, which may be a community‐based service delivered by Public Health Nurses (PHNs) or hospital‐based, delivered by psychiatric professionals in hospital. However, the services of PHNs are limited as they lack the necessary knowledge and skills to perform psychiatric nursing functions adequately (Huang et al. 2008).…”

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The experiences of carers in Taiwanese culture who have long‐term schizophrenia in their families: a phenomenological study

Huang

Hung

Sun

et al. 2009

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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Schizophrenia is a severe illness with little hope of recovery and requires long-term care. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of carers who live with someone with long-term schizophrenia, within the cultural context of Taiwan. The study was conducted in a community setting in central Taiwan. A qualitative phenomenological approach was used to explore the experiences of carers. Purposive sampling was used by selecting the carers who were close relatives of the clients, had lived with the clients for at least 1 year and bore most of the responsibilities. Semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted to collect the data and narratives were analysed using Colaizzi's (1978) seven-step method. Data saturation was achieved after interviewing 10 carers. Three themes and eight sub-themes were identified: burdens of caring (helping clients' illness, lack of professional support and family conflicts), emotional burdens (sadness, worry and fear) and strategies of coping (cognitive and religious coping strategies). Our study supported the importance for nurses to understand the cultural aspects of mental illness, particularly the widespread cultural beliefs and patterns of help seeking behaviours, in order to provide culturally sensitive health care.

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The experiences of carers in Taiwanese culture who have long‐term schizophrenia in their families: a phenomenological study

Huang

Hung

Sun

et al. 2009

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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“…Previous studies showed a strong connection between mental disorders and perceived likelihood of violence 13) . PHNs know that the community residents do not want MIPs to live in their community 14) . To maintain safety of the MIPs and the neighbors, PHNs judge with their managers whether the public health center can respond to this issue by itself, or whether to obtain the assistance of the police.…”

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Factors associated with Japanese public health nurses' support for the mentally ill person who was the target of neighbors' claims to go to the hospital: a cross-sectional survey

Yoshioka‐Maeda

Sakano²

2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Disease Management

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To investigate the incidence rate of the neighbors' claims about mentally ill persons, and to clarify the related factors of public health nurses' support for the individual to go to the medical facility. In this cross-sectional survey, 1593 mental health consultation records were analyzed which filled in the form from April 1 st 2007 to the end of July 2012. Logistic regression analysis was used to determine associated factors. Of those 1593 records, there were 81 had information of the neighboring complaint about the behavior of the mentally ill persons. The incidence of the neighboring complaint consultation for one yr was 10.3 per 100,000 population. Forty two (51.9%) had 'support group,' and 39 (48.1%) was 'no support group.' Logistic regression analysis identified that 'Having a serious influence on his/her life and body when the present condition was neglected' was significantly related to public health nurses' support for the mentally ill individuals to go to the hospital. To our knowledge, this is the first to systematically investigate the incidence rate of the neighbors' claims about mentally ill person. The results suggest that neighbors' complaints are useful for public health nurses to identify patients who need psychiatric interventions.

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“…It was found that the HHNs considered that they had enough psychiatric nursing knowledge and skills, whereas the PHNs did not. The quality of knowledge of PHNs has been questioned previously, as most PHNs have had only 4 weeks of clinical psychiatric nursing practice before graduation (Huang et al . 2008).…”

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Influencing factors of community mental health nurses caring for people with schizophrenia in Taiwan

Cheng

Huang

Hsu

et al. 2011

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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The purpose of this study was to explore the influencing factors in the substantive theory of home care for people with schizophrenia in Taiwan. The grounded theory of Strauss and Corbin approach was used. Semi-structured one-to-one in-depth interviews were utilized to collect data. Constant comparative analysis continued during the open, axial and selective coding processes until data saturation occurred. Participants were selected using theoretical sampling, and the final sample in this study consisted of a total of 29 community nurses (18 public health nurses and 11 home health nurses) who provided community mental health home-visiting services. The public health nurses and home health nurses both conducted a total of 16 (eight carers and eight clients) home visits. Four categories and 12 subcategories of influencing factors were identified; these factors have both positive and negative effects on nursing roles and the functions of public health nurses in the mental health home-visiting service in Taiwan. The influencing factors identified support the importance of home care services.

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The role of community mental health nurses caring for people with schizophrenia in Taiwan: a substantive grounded theory

Abstract: The theory is the first to contribute knowledge about the field of mental health home visiting services in Taiwan to provide guidance for the delivery of quality care to assist people in the community with schizophrenia and their carers.

Cited by 10 publications

References 27 publications

The experiences of carers in Taiwanese culture who have long‐term schizophrenia in their families: a phenomenological study

The experiences of carers in Taiwanese culture who have long‐term schizophrenia in their families: a phenomenological study

Factors associated with Japanese public health nurses' support for the mentally ill person who was the target of neighbors' claims to go to the hospital: a cross-sectional survey

Influencing factors of community mental health nurses caring for people with schizophrenia in Taiwan

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