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Improving the Quality of Care on Psychiatric Hospital Rehabilitation Wards: a Controlled Evaluation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

A. Lavender
A. Lavender*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Maidstone Hospital (Psychiatric Wing), Red House, Oakapple Lane, Maidstone, Kent
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Abstract

This study attempted to use feedback from the Model Standards Questionnaires (a series designed to measure the quality of care) to improve care on a psychiatric hospital's rehabilitation wards. Both a controlled and quasi-experimental design were used. The controlled design provided evidence that feedback from the Questionnaire concerned with the Individual Programmes of Treatment and Care led to improvements in these practices but not for the remaining three questionnaires. The quasi-experimental design indicated that the significant generalised improvement in care, over all questionnaires, was most likely due to the feedback.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 150 , Issue 4 , April 1987 , pp. 476 - 481
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Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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