Treatment alliance and needs of care concerning religiousness and spirituality: A follow-up study among psychiatric inpatients

Background: Patient satisfaction with religious/spiritual (R/S) care during mental health treatment has been associated with a better treatment alliance. Aims: To investigate the longitudinal relations between (un)met R/S care needs and treatment alliance/compliance over a 6-month period. Method: 20...

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Published in:International journal of social psychiatry 2022-11, Vol.68 (7), p.1341-1350
Main Authors: van Nieuw Amerongen-Meeuse, Joke C, Braam, Arjan W, Anbeek, Christa, Twisk, Jos WR, Schaap-Jonker, Hanneke
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alliances
Between-subjects design
Compliance
Medical personnel
Mental disorders
Mental health care
Mental health professionals
Mental health services
Needs assessment
Patient satisfaction
Patients
Psychiatric hospitals
Questionnaires
Religiosity
Socioeconomic status
Spirituality
Structural equation modeling
Structural models
Therapeutic alliances
Treatment compliance
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Summary:Background: Patient satisfaction with religious/spiritual (R/S) care during mental health treatment has been associated with a better treatment alliance. Aims: To investigate the longitudinal relations between (un)met R/S care needs and treatment alliance/compliance over a 6-month period. Method: 201 patients in a Christian (CC) and a secular mental health clinic completed a questionnaire (T0) containing an R/S care needs questionnaire, the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI) and the Service Engagement Scale (SES). After 6 months 136 of them took part in a follow-up (T1). Associations were analysed using hybrid linear mixed models and structural equation modelling. Results: R/S care needs decreased over time, but a similar percentage remained unanswered (e.g. 67% of the needs on R/S conversations in a secular setting). Over a 6-month period, met R/S care needs were associated with a higher WAI score (β = .25; p 
ISSN:0020-7640
1741-2854
DOI:10.1177/00207640211023065