title: The patient's perspective on "providing structure" in psychiatric inpatient care: an interview study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To gain insight into the patients' experiences on providing structure (PS) as a nursing intervention during psychiatric inpatient care.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interviews were conducted with patients (n = 17) from two inpatient wards within a mental healthcare organization. For data analysis, a qualitative coding process was followed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patients' expectations for PS were described. One expectation seemed to reflect key concern: the need to maintain autonomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study reveals the patients' views about PS. When the importance of PS is mentioned, nurses can refer to our description of PS. We were able to further stipulate the required activities of PS and provide for an adapted definition of PS.
authors.affiliation: Care and Support Regio Noordwest Philadelphia Zorg, Organization for People with a Mental Disability, Mental Health Care Hospital GGZ Noord-Holland Noord, Heiloo, The Netherlands; Quality of Care/Nursing Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: L Amar
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Voogt
authors.forename: Peter J J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Goossens
authors.forename: Annet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nugter
authors.forename: Theo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: van Achterberg
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009426:Netherlands; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D036301:Qualitative Research
keywords: Nursing intervention; providing structure; psychiatric nursing