Psychiatric nurses’ attitudes towards identified inpatients as measured by the semantic differential technique

Hellzén, M.; I, Lind; Dahl, Annika

doi:10.1111/j.1471-6712.2005.00316.x

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“…The SeD technique is a questionnaire involving questions using bipolar adjective scales to measure participant impressions. Factor analysis of these data can be used to identify attitudes [8–10]. There are a number of previous studies suggesting that PBL can lead to improved student attitudes [11–14].…”

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Problem-based learning for radiological technologists: a comparison of student attitudes toward plain radiography

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BackgroundKnowledge and skill expected of healthcare providers continues to increase alongside developments in medicine and healthcare. Problem-based learning (PBL) is therefore increasingly necessary in training courses for radiological technologists. However, it is necessary to evaluate the effects of PBL to completely introduce it in our education programs. As a Hypothesis, it seems that a change occurs in the student’s attitudes by participating in PBL practical training. There is the Semantic Differential (SeD) technique as a method to identify student’s attitudes. We conceived that PBL could be appropriately evaluated by using SeD technique. In this paper, we evaluated PBL for plain radiography practical training using the SeD technique.MethodsThirty-eight third-year students studying radiological technology participated. PBL was introduced to practical training in plain radiography positioning techniques. Five sessions lasting 5 h each were delivered over a 5-week period during November to December 2012. The clinical scenario was an emergency case with multiple trauma requiring plain radiography. Groups comprising approximately eight students created workflows for trauma radiography with consideration of diagnostic accuracy and patient safety. Furthermore, students groups conducted plain radiography on a patient phantom according to created workflows and were then guided by feedback from professional radiologists. All students answered SeD questionnaires to assess views on plain radiography before instruction to provide preliminary practical training reports and after completing practical training.ResultsThe factors were identified using factor analysis of the questionnaires, which were answered before and after each practical training session. On evaluation of the relationships between factors and question items according to factor loading, we identified “reluctance”, “confidence”, and “exhaustion” as the predominant attitudes before practical training. Similarly, we identified “expectation”, “self-efficacy”, and “realness” as the predominant attitudes after practical training. The attitudes toward plain radiography changed before and after PBL practical training.ConclusionsThe attitude of self-efficacy was noted after practical training, which incorporated PBL. Student self-efficacy was thought to increase through self-directed learning, which is one of the aims of PBL. Although the influences of other lectures and training, which were performed in parallel with the PBL practice training, were not completely excluded, and although the number of study participants was small, we were able to confirm the effects of PBL.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12909-016-0753-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Problem-based learning for radiological technologists: a comparison of student attitudes toward plain radiography

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“…8,[12][13][14] The test requires respondents to select where their position lies on a scale between bipolar adjectives or statements chosen to represent key variables in the domain of interest. The technique can be used to measure changes in self-perception and is appropriate for use in large clinical studies.…”

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How do I sound to me? Perceived changes in communication in Parkinson's disease

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Objective: To examine self and carer perceived changes in communication associated with Parkinson's disease and relate these to speech intelligibility, gender, age and other disease measures. Design: Cross-sectional survey of a hospital- and community-based sample of 176 people with Parkinson's disease and their carers using a questionnaire based on semantic differential techniques. Participants: One hundred and four people with Parkinson's disease with no history of communication difficulties prior to onset of their Parkinson's disease and 45 primary carers who returned completed questionnaires. Main outcome measures: Differences in ratings for `before' the onset of Parkinson's disease versus present status. Results: There was a strong perception of negative impact on communication between `before' and `now', irrespective of age and gender and largely independent of disease severity and duration, intelligibility and cognitive status. Activities of daily living (assessed by Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) II) and depression rating scale scores had the strongest association with change (adjusted R 2 0.27). There was a significant correlation between the rank order of perceived change in features examined in people with Parkinson's disease versus their carers, though in general carers rated change as having less impact. Conclusions: Parkinson's disease exercises a strong influence on communication even before apparent alterations to intelligibility or motor status (UPDRS).

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“…It is reasonable to suppose that this means that if nursing care is stuck in traditional attitudes, there is a risk of this care being a continuation of the patients' childhood loneliness. Even if the nurses share each of the patients' autobiographical history, they do not seem to be able to get in touch with the empathetic dimensions (Hellzén et al, 2005). One possible reason could be that the nurses are using a symptom-focused perspective, only focusing on the patients' inabilities and shortcomings instead of their abilities and strengths (Normann, Asplund & Norberg, 1999;Hellzén, Kristiansen & Norbergh, 2003).…”

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“…This problem is found within the field of psychiatric care (e.g. Lilja et al, 2004;Hellzén, Lind, Dahl & Hellzén, 2005;Marland & Cash, 2005), where it may be an important obstacle on which to focus, since relationships are the basis of mental health care.…”

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Disconfirmed in one's otherness: A comparison between the nurse's view of the patient's past, present and future and the patient's own view of the past, present and future

Lilja

2007

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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This study is part of a larger project, the aim of which is to elucidate ''mental health nurses'' attitudes towards their patients'. In this study, nurses' and patients' attitudes are described from the perspective of both parties using a qualitative approach. The informants were selected from a rehabilitation unit for young adults, below 40, suffering from psychosis at a psychiatric clinic that provides acute psychiatric care. The informant group consisted of three dyads: three patients with various diagnoses and three nurses with primary responsibility for the patients' daily care. The aim of this particular study was to extend our preliminary understanding of nurses' attitudes towards psychiatric patients in the context of psychiatric inpatient care, by elucidating the patient's ''inner'' picture of her/his past, present and future and the nurse's picture of the same patient's past, present and future. Data were collected and analysed using a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach and the narrative picturing technique. For each picture and group, 15 related sub-themes emerged, on the basis of which six themes were formulated. The findings show that the nurses overrate their own importance when it comes to the patient's well-being on the ward. All the nurses emphasize confirmation and safety as the basis of their nursing care, while in the patient's picture the nurses represent a replication of childhood demands, which probably means that nursing care risks becoming a continuation of the patient's childhood estrangement.

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Psychiatric nurses’ attitudes towards identified inpatients as measured by the semantic differential technique

Cited by 8 publications

References 29 publications

Problem-based learning for radiological technologists: a comparison of student attitudes toward plain radiography

Problem-based learning for radiological technologists: a comparison of student attitudes toward plain radiography

How do I sound to me? Perceived changes in communication in Parkinson's disease

Disconfirmed in one's otherness: A comparison between the nurse's view of the patient's past, present and future and the patient's own view of the past, present and future

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