Work-Related Satisfaction among Clinicians Working at Inpatient Treatment Facilities for Substance Use Disorder: The Role of Recovery Orientation

Abstract

Several psychosocial factors have been suggested as facilitators of change among inpatients treated for substance use disorder (SUD). Research suggests that staff members are also influenced by the practice in which they are involved, and by contextual psychosocial factors at their treatment facilities. This cross-sectional questionnaire survey study was conducted to investigate the role of recovery-orientated interventions in describing work-related satisfaction among clinicians at inpatient SUD treatment facilities. The respondents (n = 407) rated items indicating work-related satisfaction and the degree of recovery orientation at their treatment facilities. The main findings of two block regression analyses indicated that clinicians’ work-related satisfaction was positively influenced by inpatients’ opportunities to pursue their goals and choices, and negatively influenced by inpatient involvement. The change in clinicians’ work-related satisfaction could not be described by the degree of individually tailored and varied interventions at the treatment facility. Clinicians should be supported and involved in the process of implementing measures to increase inpatient involvement in the treatment programmes, and treatment measures that enable inpatients to pursue their goals and choices should be enhanced. The findings of this and previous studies indicate that a recovery-oriented framework promotes clinicians’ work-related satisfaction and has an enabling influence on both inpatients and clinicians.

Community Mental Health Services in Japan:

“…24 This concept is highly compatible with the community mental health services that support patientsʼ community lives. Studies have shown that knowledge of recovery reduces psychiatric staff prejudice, 25 being recovery-oriented increases the sense of achievement and job satisfaction of psychiatric staff, 26,27 and psychiatric staffʼs experience in recovery-oriented practices enhances their self-efficacy. 28 Therefore, it was predicted that the psychiatric staffʼs reduction of prejudice toward patients, recovery orientation, and increase in job satisfaction and self-efficacy would be interrelated and that these factors would positively affect the number of visits.…”

Erratum: Johannessen et al. Work-Related Satisfaction among Clinicians Working at Inpatient Treatment Facilities for Substance Use Disorder: The Role of Recovery Orientation. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 7423

“…In the published article [ 1 ], there was an error regarding the affiliations for Trond Nordfjærn . In addition to the affiliation Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491 Trondheim, Norway should be Department of Research and Development, Clinic of Substance Use and Addiction Medicine, St. Olavs University Hospital, 7006 Trondheim, Norway .…”