Staff and patient participation in decision-making in residential treatment programs.
The merit of increasing the involvement of staff and patients of residential treatment programs in decision-making has been discussed by numerous writers, but few studies have provided extensive measurement of this concept. The authors have developed a twenty-four-item scale that assesses in detail the nature and extent of participation by staff and patients in decisions about treatment planning and routine patient care.
D003657:Decision Making; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009820:Ohio; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010358:Patient Participation; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012112:Residential Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires