title: A satisfaction survey of women admitted to a Psychiatric Mother and Baby Unit in the northwest of England.
abstract: A Satisfaction Questionnaire for an Inpatient Mother and Baby Unit was developed covering general psychiatric and specific perinatal aspects of the service. In a study of 41 women admitted over one year twenty returned the completed questionnaire. Among respondents overall satisfaction with the service was very high and women preferred it to a general psychiatric ward. Respondents were most dissatisfied with degree of involvement in the planning and the level of decision making about their care which is a recurring theme in surveys of psychiatric inpatients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neil
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sanderson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wieck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000628:therapy*; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D010343:Patient Admission; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011247:Pregnancy; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires