Petrana Brečić

Satisfaction with psychiatric in-patient care as rated by patients at discharge from hospitals in 11 countries

PurposeThere is disregard in the scientific literature for the evaluation of psychiatric in-patient care as rated directly by patients. In this context, we aimed to explore satisfaction of people treated in mental health in-patient facilities. The project was a part of the Young Psychiatrist Program by the Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes.MethodsThis is an international multicentre cross-sectional study conducted in 25 hospitals across 11 countries. The research team at each study site approached a consecutive target sample of 30 discharged patients to measure their satisfaction using the five-item study-specific questionnaire. Individual and institution level correlates of ‘low satisfaction’ were examined by comparisons of binary and multivariate associations in multilevel regression models.ResultsA final study sample consisted of 673 participants. Total satisfaction scores were highly skewed towards the upper end of the scale, with a median total score of 44 (interquartile range 38–48) out of 50. After taking clustering into account, the only independent correlates of low satisfaction were schizophrenia diagnosis and low psychiatrist to patient ratio.ConclusionFurther studies on patients’ satisfaction should additionally pay attention to treatment expectations formed by the previous experience of treatment, service-related knowledge, stigma and patients’ disempowerment, and power imbalance.

PT696. Particularities of Regulations Surrounding the Informed Consent Procedure in Psychiatric Research Accompanied with the Implementation of the new Law in the Republic of Croatia

s | 53 aDepartment of Psychiatry, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea bKorea University Research Institute of Mental Health, Seoul, Korea cDepartment of Psychiatry, Seoul Metropolitan Eunpyeong