@article{ref1,
title="Sustainability of a person-centered ward atmosphere and possibility to provide person-centered forensic psychiatric care after facility relocation",
journal="Journal of forensic and legal medicine",
year="2018",
author="Alexiou, Eirini and Wijk, Helle and Ahlquist, Gustaf and Kullgren, Anette and Degl' Innocenti, Alessio",
volume="56",
number="",
pages="108-113",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This longitudinal study aims to assess the sustainability of staff perceptions of ward atmosphere and their possibility to provide person-centered forensic psychiatric care after relocation to new hospitals that aimed to provide supportive work conditions for the staff to be able to perform care of high quality. <br><br>METHODS: In this study we only present the result for the repeated measures, that is, only the individuals that performed both the questionnaires at baseline and at the three follow-ups. Data were collected prospectively between 2010 and 2016; before (baseline) and after relocation of the forensic psychiatric clinics to new buildings, i.e., after six months (follow-up 1), after one year (follow-up 2) and after two years (follow-up 3), respectively. Data were obtained by employing structured validated questionnaires. <br><br>RESULTS: The main findings of this study display an improvement in the staff assessment of a person-centered atmosphere from baseline to follow-up 3 in the domains of safety, everydayness and community where safety was evaluated the highest. No sustainable significant changes were found concerning staff's assessment of the support for them to provide person-centered care. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The findings show sustainability of person-centered ward atmosphere in forensic psychiatric care according to staff's assessment after relocation from traditional health care facilities to evidence-based designed premises. In this study the increased staff perception of the possibility to provide person-centered care in the new facilities could not be revealed as sustainability over the two years of follow-up.<br><br>Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier Ltd.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1752-928X",
doi="10.1016/j.jflm.2018.04.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2018.04.006"
}