Exploring medicines information needs of mental health service users at a New Zealand hospital

Sheed, Lucy; Haua, Robert; Honey, Michelle; Aspden, Trudi; Brackley, Kim; Chan, Amy Hai Yan

doi:10.1080/13548506.2020.1865547

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“…In 2016, a needs assessment was undertaken to understand the medicines information needs of two groups of adult inpatients (patients receiving mental health services and those receiving general medical services at one large urban hospital). 8,9 This work found that the patients' medicines information needs were diverse and individualised, which is consistent with the findings of others. 10 Next, a literature review was conducted using the Medline, PsycInfo, and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts databases to locate existing tools that could identify patients' medicines information needs.…”

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“…The MINI‐Q was developed in four stages: needs assessment, existing tool review, tool development, and tool evaluation. In 2016, a needs assessment was undertaken to understand the medicines information needs of two groups of adult inpatients (patients receiving mental health services and those receiving general medical services at one large urban hospital) 8,9 . This work found that the patients' medicines information needs were diverse and individualised, which is consistent with the findings of others 10 .…”

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Testing a medicine information needs identification tool (MINI‐Q) with hospital inpatients in New Zealand

Aspden,

Honey,

Sneyd

et al. 2023

Pharmacy Practice and Res

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BackgroundDetermining an individual's medicines information preferences and needs could enable health professionals to deliver more effective medicines information and help build patients' health literacy and ability to self‐manage their health.AimThis descriptive, cross‐sectional study aimed to test a new information needs assessment tool, the Medicine Information Needs for Individuals – Questionnaire (MINI‐Q), which elicits what individuals want to know about their medicines. This study aimed to explore the face validity, acceptability, and feasibility of using the tool in a hospital inpatient setting.MethodEthical approval was obtained from Health and Disability Ethics Committees (Reference no: 18/NTA/137). Following ethical approval, adult hospital inpatients from two service divisions in one large urban hospital in New Zealand were invited to self‐assess their medicines information needs using the 23‐item MINI‐Q via a tablet or on paper. Descriptive statistics were generated from the quantitative data and responses to a free‐text question were inductively analysed.ResultsThe MINI‐Q was completed by 228 inpatients, 137 (60%) of whom used a tablet. Participants requested information on 80.6% of the possible topics. The most common topic that participants wanted information about was possible side effects (92%). No additional topics to include in the MINI‐Q were identified from the free‐text responses. The median completion time of the tablet version was 9.2 min (interquartile range 6.7–14.6).ConclusionThe MINI‐Q shows promise to efficiently identify an individual's medicines information needs in an inpatient setting. The findings reinforce that most people want to know all the basic information about their medicines, with side effects being particularly important.

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Testing a medicine information needs identification tool (MINI‐Q) with hospital inpatients in New Zealand

Aspden,

Honey,

Sneyd

et al. 2023

Pharmacy Practice and Res

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“…This means there is a greater emphasis on using medication to treat distress, rather than using other methods such as talk therapies. The He Ara Oranga report is also in line with Sheed et al, (2020), who reported the lack of choice around a medical approach to distress as a barrier for mental health service users. Many consumers reported dissatisfaction with the level of information they received around the medication they would take, and others felt as though they were forced to take new medication and would have preferred a more collaborative approach to therapy (Sheed et al, 2020).…”

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Investigating Practices of Privilege Among Parents Accessing Mental Health Services for their Adolescent Children in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Anderson-McEwen¹

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<p>Globally, youth mental health and suicide statistics have shown a marked increase over the last decade, with Aotearoa/New Zealand following a similar trend. Along with these high rates, there are also significant issues surrounding access to services. Although Aotearoa/New Zealand has a subsidised mental health system, access to these services are still patterned, most notably by ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Research focused on improving access to services often focuses on disadvantaged communities. However, this ignores the role that society plays in maintaining socioeconomic inequality and reproducing power and privilege. This current research investigates whether parents’ access to mental health resources for their adolescent children require certain skills and abilities. More specifically, the project will examine the practices of privilege parents use to access support for their adolescent children experiencing mental distress in Aotearoa/New Zealand. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine parents of adolescents aged 15-18, about their experiences and practices used to access mental health services. These interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. All parents faced difficulties in accessing services, regardless of their circumstances. However, privilege, persistence, knowledge and social networking did function to enable parents to access services for their children. Service access required parents to access social networks, to know when to seek additional advice, and to know how and when to persist or to insist on services. The limited services and bureaucratic structure of the mental health system in Aotearoa/New Zealand made it difficult to access services without these additional skills. Needing these skills to access services may mean that those without social and economic resources are excluded from mental health services. These findings can be used to inform the design of more equitable health services in Aotearoa/New Zealand and to develop services that provide fairer access.</p>

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Inpatients’ information needs about medication: A narrative systematic literature review

Wilkes,

van der Sijs,

van der Sman

et al. 2023

Patient Education and Counseling

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Exploring medicines information needs of mental health service users at a New Zealand hospital

Cited by 4 publications

References 21 publications

Testing a medicine information needs identification tool (MINI‐Q) with hospital inpatients in New Zealand

Testing a medicine information needs identification tool (MINI‐Q) with hospital inpatients in New Zealand

Investigating Practices of Privilege Among Parents Accessing Mental Health Services for their Adolescent Children in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Inpatients’ information needs about medication: A narrative systematic literature review

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