Application of the recovery - partnership model that aims to early discharge from acute care units in psychiatric hospitals

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K11791
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Okayama University
• Principal Investigator: Okamoto Aki 岡山大学, 保健学研究科, 講師 (10413527)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: リカバリー / 精神障害 / 包括型地域生活支援プログラム / 病院看護師 / ACT

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to implement an experience-based program to promote the understanding of the concept of recovery, which is defined as a meaningful life and valued sense of integrity based on subjective and individual viewpoints, among psychiatric nurses working in hospitals in Japan and to evaluate this program.
The results indicated recovery orientation significantly increased in the participants, revealed multiple instances of the concept of recovery in categories obtained from participant Assertive Community Treatment support experiences, helped nurses to realize the current limitations of nursing support in hospitals that tend to rely on the medical care model.

Free Research Field

精神看護学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

重度の精神障害を持つ人の自分らしく意義ある生活を目指すリカバリーを理解するため，病院看護師を対象とした体験プログラムを実施し，定量的かつ定性的に評価した研究はこれまでない。この点における本研究の意義を強調したい。看護師がリカバリーに関する概念的理解を促進し，リカバリーを目標とした実践を具体化できたならば，医学モデルに偏りがちな病院の中で“Strengths-Based”な視点で日常的看護援助を実践していくことに寄与する。