title: The relationship between consumer insight and provider-consumer agreement regarding consumer's quality of life.
abstract: This study examined the relationship between insight and mental health consumers and providers agreement regarding consumers rated quality of life (QoL). Seventy mental health consumers and their 23 care providers filled-out parallel questionnaires designed to measure consumer QoL. Consumers' insight was also assessed. For most QoL domains, agreement between consumers and providers was higher for persons with high insight. For the Psychological well being dimension a negative correlation was uncovered for persons with low insight indicating disagreement between consumer and provider. These findings are discussed within the context of the literature on insight and agreement between consumer and provider as related to the therapeutic alliance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, 52900, Ramat-Gan, Israel. hasoni@mail.biu.ac.il
authors.forename: Ilanit
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hasson-Ohayon
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roe
authors.forename: Shlomo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kravetz
authors.forename: Itamar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Levy-Frank
authors.forename: Taly
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Meir
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires