Case management, quality of life, and satisfaction with services of long-term psychiatric patients.
Two scales developed in Great Britain, the QOL Profile and the General Satisfaction Questionnaire, were used to examine the relationship between type of case management services and quality of life and satisfaction with treatment of 68 long-term psychiatric patients in Colorado. Factor analysis identified three types of case management activities that tended to occur together: assertive outreach (direct help, out-of-office visits, and monitoring), brokerage (referral to other agencies), and counseling and assessment. Monitoring was the only variable positively associated with quality of life for all patients; brokerage was the only variable negatively associated with acceptability of services. The number of case management contacts was negatively associated with treatment satisfaction.
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, England.
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D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003120:Colorado; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010348:Patient Care Team; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012759:Sheltered Workshops