Saudi service users' perceptions and experiences of the quality of their mental health care provision in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA): A qualitative inquiry.
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Al Mousa, Y., Callaghan, P., Michail, M. and Caswell, G. (2020). Saudi service users' perceptions and experiences of the quality of their mental health care provision in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA): A qualitative inquiry. International journal of mental health nursing. 30 (1), pp. 300-3016. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12784
Authors | Al Mousa, Y., Callaghan, P., Michail, M. and Caswell, G. |
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Abstract | This paper presents, as part of a larger mixed-methods design, a study generating a theoretical understanding of issues pertinent to the quality of mental health care in the KSA from the perspective of those using services. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with thirty service users admitted to inpatient psychiatric wards, using an interview guide developed by the researchers, based on relevant literature. Findings from the thematic analysis showed five themes: (1) The hospital as a prison: a custody versus care dilemma, (2) quality of interactions between staff and service users, (3) quality of services, (4) staff qualities and (5) suggestions for achieving quality of care. A theoretical model drawing upon Donabedian Health Care Model for Evaluating quality of care and the Andersen Behavioural Model of Health Service Use is evident from the data. Structural aspects of care include staff experience and qualifications and key enablers around social and financial support, service users' health needs and status and the physical infrastructure and ward rules. These drive processes of care based upon robust rates of interaction between staff and service users and appear central to quality of mental health care in KSA. Quality of mental health care in KSA is manifested by a therapeutic ethos with a high degree of interaction between professional carers and service users, with the former being highly educated, competent, compassionate, with a high degree of self-awareness, and specialized in mental health. We have uncovered elements of Fanon and Azoulay's 'Cultural Originality' as well as contemporary examples of Goffman's mortification of the self. [Abstract copyright: © 2020 The Authors. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australian College of Mental Health Nurses Inc.] |
Keywords | Saudi Arabia; mental health; mental health services; perception; quality of health care |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | International journal of mental health nursing |
Journal citation | 30 (1), pp. 300-3016 |
Publisher | Wiley |
ISSN | 1447-0349 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12784 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 02 Sep 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 04 Aug 2020 |
Deposited | 16 Sep 2020 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
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