OBJECTIVE To compare outcomes of care from assertive community treatment teams with care by community mental health teams for people with serious mental illnesses. DESIGN Non-blind randomised controlled trial. SETTING Two inner London boroughs. PARTICIPANTS 251 men and women under the care of adult secondary mental health services with recent high use of inpatient care and difficulties en...

In this qualitative study, we aimed to investigate work demands experienced by health-care workers in an adult eating disorder inpatient service. We also aimed to investigate the use of social support and job satisfaction in this setting. Twelve health-care workers from an eating disorder inpatient ward, including nurses, health-care support workers, and occupational therapists, participated in...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Pediatric procedural pain management (PPPM) is best practice but was inconsistent in our large multisite general academic medical center. We hypothesized that quality improvement (QI) methods would improve and standardize PPPM in our health system within inpatient pediatric units. We aimed to increase topical anesthetic use from 10% to 40%, improve nursing pediatric pa...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the relationship between patient satisfaction and background factors such as age, gender, health status and pain. In addition, to use background factors to create less biased ranking in comparisons of patient satisfaction between medical specialities. DESIGN A questionnaire was sent by post to patients who had recently received inpatient care at a hospital within the Coun...

Objective: The aim of this study was to develop a valid and reliable measurement instrument determine the satisfaction rates inpatients. Methods: This designed as methodological research eight-step scale development principles developed by Devellis were followed. sample size calculated 360, taking into account 10 times number items in explanatory factor analysis. Exploratory confirmatory analys...

In order for the smooth running of a surgical firm, an effective ward list must be created, updated, and edited each day, often by junior medical personnel. Ward lists are used by various healthcare professionals including consultants, specialist nurses, and pharmacists. Over time ward inpatient lists can become increasingly difficult to use and lacking in vital information. Baseline measuremen...

BACKGROUND Disease-specific, multimodal inpatient rehabilitation programmes are designed to improve the physical, emotional, and social functioning of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). This study investigates the effects of a 4-week inpatient rehabilitation program on health-related quality of life (QL). METHODS 84 German patients with CF (16-62 years of age, FEV1 mean 52.9% of the predicte...