title: Psychosomatic nursing assessment of psychiatric patients.
abstract: This article presents the results of a research study on 547 mental patients testing a form of nursing assessment of mental patients in psychiatric and in general hospitals, as a means to assess their nursing needs and as a basis for planning, implementation and evaluation of their personalized holistic nursing care. The study showed that more depressive than schizophrenic patients went to the general hospital for help. The reverse was observed in the psychiatric hospital. The psychological nursing needs of the patients were significantly correlated with their somatic nursing needs. The psychological as well as the somatic nursing needs of the patients were significantly correlated with sex, age, somatic health state and mental health state in general, and not with their concrete psychiatric diagnosis. It is concluded that the psychiatric nursing assessment should be oriented towards the investigation of the patient's psychosomatic nursing needs rather than be based on his medical diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raya
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mantas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Priami
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andrea
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kalokerinou
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Androulaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brokalaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Halkiadaki
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Matziou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D011611:Psychosomatic Medicine; D012737:Sex Factors