title: Quantitative relationship between recovery and benefit-finding among persons with chronic mental illness in Japan.
abstract: This study quantitatively examined the association between recovery and benefit-finding among persons with a chronic mental illness in Japan. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted, with responses from 237 (74%) of 319 individuals (≥ 20 years old) with a chronic mental illness in community and inpatient ward settings. The data of 120 questionnaires were analyzed (men, 64%; average age, 41 years). The questionnaire included the Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS) and Self-identified Stage of Recovery Parts A and B (SISR-A and SISR-B) for assessing recovery and the Perceived Positive Change Scale (PPCS) for assessing benefit-finding. The total RAS and SISR-B scores strongly and positively correlated with the PPCS score. The PPCS score significantly differed among the recovery stages, as classified by the SISR-A, with higher scores at higher stages; the association was almost linear. The study confirmed the theoretically expected relationship between recovery and benefit-finding among these individuals. Benefit-finding might be associated not only with a higher stage of recovery but also with each step from one stage to another.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan. crie-tky@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.forename: Norito
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D020127:Recovery of Function