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TY - JOUR
T1 - Staff and service users' experiences of the self-harm pathway on an acute inpatient ward
AU - Parker, Beth
AU - Swift, Elaine
AU - Gkika, Styliani
N1 - This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, copyright © MA Healthcare, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjmh.2021.0041
PY - 2022/5/2
Y1 - 2022/5/2
N2 - Background/AimsA female acute inpatient mental health ward developed a care pathway to support women who self-harm during their admission. This service evaluation was the first to explore staff and patients' experiences of the care pathway using qualitative methods.MethodsSemi-structured interviews were completed with eight staff members and five patients. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the interview data.ResultsThemes that developed from staff interviews were about effects on staff and staff support, enabling patients to manage self-harm autonomously and the ward environment. Themes developed from patient interviews included enabling engagement, putting skills into practice and least restrictive practice. Staff and patients viewed the pathway as effective in reducing self-harm incidents and levels of restriction on the ward.ConclusionsThe pathway was viewed positively by staff and patients, although improvements could be considered to increase its efficacy.
AB - Background/AimsA female acute inpatient mental health ward developed a care pathway to support women who self-harm during their admission. This service evaluation was the first to explore staff and patients' experiences of the care pathway using qualitative methods.MethodsSemi-structured interviews were completed with eight staff members and five patients. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the interview data.ResultsThemes that developed from staff interviews were about effects on staff and staff support, enabling patients to manage self-harm autonomously and the ward environment. Themes developed from patient interviews included enabling engagement, putting skills into practice and least restrictive practice. Staff and patients viewed the pathway as effective in reducing self-harm incidents and levels of restriction on the ward.ConclusionsThe pathway was viewed positively by staff and patients, although improvements could be considered to increase its efficacy.
KW - Experiences
KW - Non-suicidal self-injury
KW - Inpatient mental health
KW - Intervention
KW - Least restrictive practice
KW - Qualitative
KW - Self-harm
U2 - 10.12968/bjmh.2021.0041
DO - 10.12968/bjmh.2021.0041
M3 - Journal article
VL - 11
JO - British Journal of Mental Health Nursing
JF - British Journal of Mental Health Nursing
SN - 2049-5919
IS - 2
ER -