Group leader and participant perceptions of Balancing Everyday Life, a group-based lifestyle intervention for mental health service users
Lund, Kristine LU ; Hultqvist, Jenny LU ; Bejerholm, Ulrika LU ; Argentzell, Elisabeth LU
and Eklund, Mona
LU
(2020)
In Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
27(6).
p.462-473
- Abstract
Background: There exist few recovery and occupation-based interventions for mental health service users. Balancing Everyday Life (BEL) is a new occupation-based lifestyle intervention that was created to fill this need. Aim: To gain group leaders’ and participants’ perspectives of the BEL intervention content and format, including factors that helped, hindered, and could be improved. Methods: A constructivist grounded theory method guided data collection and analysis. Interviews took place with 12 BEL group leaders and 19 BEL participants from out-patient psychiatry settings and community-based day centers in Sweden. Results: BEL’s structure and content were appreciated, yet flexibility was desired to adapt to participant needs. BEL... (More)
Background: There exist few recovery and occupation-based interventions for mental health service users. Balancing Everyday Life (BEL) is a new occupation-based lifestyle intervention that was created to fill this need. Aim: To gain group leaders’ and participants’ perspectives of the BEL intervention content and format, including factors that helped, hindered, and could be improved. Methods: A constructivist grounded theory method guided data collection and analysis. Interviews took place with 12 BEL group leaders and 19 BEL participants from out-patient psychiatry settings and community-based day centers in Sweden. Results: BEL’s structure and content were appreciated, yet flexibility was desired to adapt to participant needs. BEL could act as a bridge, helping participants connect with others, and to a more engaged and balanced everyday life. Facilitating factors included a person-focused (versus illness-focused) approach, physical and emotional environments, and connection. Barriers included room resources. More sessions were desired for the intervention. Conclusion: Group leaders and participants experienced BEL as a useful tool to instigate meaningful change and connection in the participants’ lives. The combination of a positive person-focused approach and group support was appreciated. These results could inform future research, evaluation, and development of occupation-focused lifestyle interventions for mental health service users.
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- author
- Lund, Kristine
LU
; Hultqvist, Jenny
LU
; Bejerholm, Ulrika
LU
; Argentzell, Elisabeth
LU
and Eklund, Mona
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2020
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- grounded theory, group intervention, groups, lifestyle, mental health, Mental illness, occupational therapy
- in
- Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
- volume
- 27
- issue
- 6
- pages
- 12 pages
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85060870536
- pmid:30706746
- ISSN
- 1103-8128
- DOI
- 10.1080/11038128.2018.1551419
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- d63987dc-a71e-415b-9a01-506a26f467ab
- date added to LUP
- 2019-02-15 10:35:52
- date last changed
- 2025-10-16 13:29:33
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