Dimensions of Health among Patients in Mental Health Services
(2007)- Abstract
- Empirical studies focusing on the subjective experience of health among patients in contact with the mental health services are rare and most questionnaires are based on a medical model that emphasizes objectively observed disease-oriented health indicators. In studies I and II perceptions of the concept of health among patients and nurses in mental health services were explored and described using a phenomenographic approach. The perceptions and description categories that emerged from these studies were transformed into a number of items forming a questionnaire intended to measure subjectively experienced health among patients in mental health services. In study III, a randomly selected sample was used to test the psychometric properties... (More)
- Empirical studies focusing on the subjective experience of health among patients in contact with the mental health services are rare and most questionnaires are based on a medical model that emphasizes objectively observed disease-oriented health indicators. In studies I and II perceptions of the concept of health among patients and nurses in mental health services were explored and described using a phenomenographic approach. The perceptions and description categories that emerged from these studies were transformed into a number of items forming a questionnaire intended to measure subjectively experienced health among patients in mental health services. In study III, a randomly selected sample was used to test the psychometric properties of the new Health Questionnaire. A factor analysis revealed three factors labelled Autonomy, Social Involvement and Comprehensibility. The purpose of study IV was to examine the construct validity of the Health Questionnaire. The hypothesis was that subjectively experienced health would be positively associated to self-esteem, empowerment and quality of life, and negatively associated to psychiatric symptoms, perceived stigmatization experiences and perceived attitudes of devaluation and discrimination. This hypothesis was mainly confirmed insofar that overall health was positively correlated to self-esteem, empowerment and quality of life and negatively correlated to symptoms, attitudes of devaluation and discrimination and rejection experiences. The results of this thesis show that health is more than just an absence of disease and support a focus on health promotion interventions in mental health care. (Less)
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Empiriska studier som fokuserar på subjektivt upplevd hälsa hos patienter i psykiatrin är sällsynta och merparten av de frågeformulär som finns är baserade på en medicinsk grund där objektivt observerbara sjukdomsindikatorer betonas. I studie I och II analyseras och beskrivs uppfattningar av begreppet hälsa hos patienter och sjuksköterskor i psykiatrisk vård med hjälp av en fenomenografisk ansats. De uppfattningar och beskrivningskategorier som uppstod i resultatet från dessa två studier transformerades till ett antal påståenden i ett frågeformulär ämnat att mäta subjektivt upplevd hälsa hos patienter i psykiatrisk vård. I studie III, undersöktes det nya Hälsoinstrumentets psykometriska... (More) - Popular Abstract in Swedish
Empiriska studier som fokuserar på subjektivt upplevd hälsa hos patienter i psykiatrin är sällsynta och merparten av de frågeformulär som finns är baserade på en medicinsk grund där objektivt observerbara sjukdomsindikatorer betonas. I studie I och II analyseras och beskrivs uppfattningar av begreppet hälsa hos patienter och sjuksköterskor i psykiatrisk vård med hjälp av en fenomenografisk ansats. De uppfattningar och beskrivningskategorier som uppstod i resultatet från dessa två studier transformerades till ett antal påståenden i ett frågeformulär ämnat att mäta subjektivt upplevd hälsa hos patienter i psykiatrisk vård. I studie III, undersöktes det nya Hälsoinstrumentets psykometriska egenskaper med hjälp av ett randomiserat urval. En faktoranalys visade tre faktorer, som benämndes Autonomi, Social delaktighet och Begriplighet. Syftet med studie IV var att undersöka Hälsoinstrumentets begreppsvaliditet. Hypotesen var att subjektivt upplevd hälsa skulle ha ett positivt samband med självkänsla, empowerment, och livskvalitet liksom ett negativt samband med psykiatriska symptom, upplevelse av stigmatisering liksom erfarenheter av nedvärderande och diskriminerande attityder. Hypotesen bekräftades i huvudsak då resultatet visar att hälsa korrelerar positivt med självkänsla, empowerment och livskvalitet medan hälsa korrelerar negativt med psykiatriska symptom och stigmatiserande erfarenheter. Resultaten i denna avhandling visar att hälsa är mer än bara frånvaro av sjukdom, vilket stödjer ett hälsofrämjande fokus i psykiatrisk vård. (Less)
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- author
- Jormfeldt, Henrika LU
- supervisor
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- Lars Hansson LU
- Bengt Fridlund LU
- Barbro Arvidsson LU
- Bengt Svensson LU
- opponent
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- Professor Sandman, Per-Olof, Institutionen för omvårdnad, Umeå Universitet
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- publishing date
- 2007
- type
- Thesis
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- validity, phenomenography questionnaire reliability, perceptions, Medicine (human and vertebrates), psychosomatics, clinical psychology, Psychiatry, Medicin (människa och djur), Psykiatri, klinisk psykologi, subjective experience, patient, nurse, Health, mental health services, psykosomatik
- pages
- 121 pages
- publisher
- Department of Health Sciences, Lund University
- defense location
- Hörsal 01, Vårdvetenskapens hus, Baravägen 3, Lund.
- defense date
- 2007-05-25 13:00:00
- ISBN
- 978-91-85559-57-2
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- Petra Svedberg, Henrika Jormfeldt, Bengt Fridlund and Barbro Arvidsson. 2004. Perceptions of the concept of health among patients in mental health services. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, vol 25 pp 723-736.Henrika Jormfeldt, Petra Svedberg, Bengt Fridlund and Barbro Arvidsson. 2007. Perceptions of the concept of health among nurses in mental health services: A phenomenographic study International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, vol 16 pp 50-56.Henrika Jormfeldt, Bengt Svensson, Barbro Arvidsson and Lars Hansson. . Dimensions and reliability of a questionnaire for evaluation of subjective experience of health among patients in mental health services Issues in Mental Health Nursing, (accepted)Henrika Jormfeldt, Barbro Arvidsson, Bengt Svensson and Lars Hansson. . Construct validity of a health questionnaire intended to measure the subjective experience of health among patients in mental health services (submitted)The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Division of Nursing (Closed 2012) (013065000)
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