Observational studySocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2015
Decrease in unmet needs contributes to improved motivation for treatment in elderly patients with severe mental illness.
Observational study in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04106960 (Quantitative Investigation of the Association Between the Social and Physical Features of the Environment and Participation for Those With Complex Mental Health Difficulties Living in Supported Accommodation), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.
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Quantitative Investigation of the Association Between the Social and Physical Features of the Environment and Participation for Those With Complex Mental Health Difficulties Living in Supported Accommodation
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2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Assessing Unmet Needs of Patients With Chronic Pain: The Development and Validation of the Needs Evaluation Questionnaire for Chronic Pain.Pain research & management · 2026Article
- Met and Unmet Needs in an Inpatient Psychiatry Setting in Spain.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate the pattern of associations between changes in unmet needs and treatment motivation in elderly patients with severe mental illness.
methodsObservational longitudinal study in 70 patients treated by an assertive community treatment team for the elderly. Unmet needs and motivation for treatment were measured using the Camberwell assessment of needs for the elderly and the stages-of-change (SoC) scale, respectively, at baseline, after 9 and 18 months. SoC scores were dichotomized into two categories: motivated and unmotivated. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were conducted to determine whether changes in motivation were parallel to or preceded changes in unmet needs.
resultsThe number of patients who were not motivated for treatment decreased over time (at baseline 71.4 % was not motivated, at the second measurement 51.4 %, and at 18 months 31.4 % of the patients were not motivated for treatment). A decrease in unmet needs, both from 0-9 to 0-18 months was associated with remaining motivated or a change from unmotivated to becoming motivated during the same observational period (parallel associations). A decrease in unmet needs from 0 to 9 months was also associated with remaining motivated or a change from unmotivated to motivated during the 9-18 months follow-up (sequential associations).
conclusionsOur findings suggest that a decrease in unmet needs is associated with improvements in motivation for treatment.
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