TY - JOUR
KW - Community-based services
KW - non-specialist community nurse
KW - psychiatric patient
AU - S. Aekwarangkoon
AU - N. Noonil
A1 - 
AB - BACKGROUND: Psychiatric problems have been a growing and significant public health challenge. Community-based psychiatric services have been shown to contribute to the improvement of health and social-related outcomes, but with limited specialists in this field. Consequently, Thailand has integrated these services into the primary care system delivered by community nurses working in primary care units (PCUs). AIM: To describe the experiences of psychiatric patients in receiving services provided by non-specialist community nurses. METHOD: A phenomenological approach was used. Eleven psychiatric patients with 10 major depressive disorders and 1 with schizophrenia were interviewed. The results were evaluated using thematic content analysis. RESULTS: The results revealed two main themes as barriers and facilitators experienced in receiving services from community nurses. CONCLUSION: Community-based services should be concerned about developing psychiatric nursing competency for community nurses to extend basic services to patients in communities and to assist family members.
AD - School of Nursing, Walailak University, Thai Buri, Thailand.; School of Nursing, Walailak University, Thai Buri, Thailand.
BT - The International journal of social psychiatry
C5 - Education & Workforce
CP - 4
DO - 10.1177/00207640211008931
IS - 4
JF - The International journal of social psychiatry
LA - eng
M1 - Journal Article
N2 - BACKGROUND: Psychiatric problems have been a growing and significant public health challenge. Community-based psychiatric services have been shown to contribute to the improvement of health and social-related outcomes, but with limited specialists in this field. Consequently, Thailand has integrated these services into the primary care system delivered by community nurses working in primary care units (PCUs). AIM: To describe the experiences of psychiatric patients in receiving services provided by non-specialist community nurses. METHOD: A phenomenological approach was used. Eleven psychiatric patients with 10 major depressive disorders and 1 with schizophrenia were interviewed. The results were evaluated using thematic content analysis. RESULTS: The results revealed two main themes as barriers and facilitators experienced in receiving services from community nurses. CONCLUSION: Community-based services should be concerned about developing psychiatric nursing competency for community nurses to extend basic services to patients in communities and to assist family members.
PY - 2021
SN - 1741-2854; 0020-7640
SP - 860
EP - 865+
T1 - Psychiatric patients' experience in receiving services provided by non-specialist community nurses, southern Thailand
T2 - The International journal of social psychiatry
TI - Psychiatric patients' experience in receiving services provided by non-specialist community nurses, southern Thailand
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 33840239
U3 - 10.1177/00207640211008931
VL - 68
VO - 1741-2854; 0020-7640
Y1 - 2021
Y2 - Apr 10
ER -