title: [Needs of clients cared for by community mental health nurses].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess needs for care rated by clients and their community mental health nurses and their agreement on needs.
  
  
  METHODS
  47 randomly selected clients and their care professionals completed the Camberwell Assessment of Need.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Psychiatric nurses indicate a higher number of total and met need than their clients. Unmet need was rated most highly in the domains of psychological distress, company of others and intimate relationships. Professionals underrated their clients' needs in the areas physical health, information about condition and treatment and psychological distress and indicated a higher level of need than their clients in the domains of daily activities and psychological distress.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Care planning and care targeting should respond to the unmet needs of the clients in order to prevent care deficiencies. Differences in the evaluations indicate the importance to include client's viewpoints into the needs assessment.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Forschung / Entwicklung Pflege und Pädagogik, Universitäre Psychiatrische Dienste Bern, Schweiz. anna.hegedues@gef.be.ch
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hegedüs
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abderhalden
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013557:Switzerland; D055815:Young Adult