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  • Status and Values of Suppor...
    Matsuda, Mitsunobu; Kohno, Ayumi

    Journal of Japan Society of Nursing Research, 2020/12/20, Volume: 43, Issue: 5
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    Objective: To clarify the status and values of support for community-dwelling people with mental disorders in home-visit psychiatric nursing services from the perspective of service users. Methods: An anonymous, self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted, involving community-dwelling people with mental disorders using home-visit psychiatric nursing services. The questionnaire mainly consisted of questions to be answered in a free-description style. Responses were quantitatively and inductively analyzed (number of respondents: 138). Results: Receiving support that ensures security and dignity, support to improve life skills, and support for life-fulfillment through home-visit psychiatric nursing, the community-dwelling people with mental disorders realized its values, represented by a sense of security and change of life for the better. Conclusion: The respondents considered home-visit psychiatric nursing as a useful support approach for their daily lives. Home-visit psychiatric nursing should be improved from the perspective of people with mental disorders, and provide effective support approaches centered upon them.