Impact of the 'Reserved Therapeutic Space' Nursing Intervention: an Intervention Study in Acute Mental Health Units

NCT ID: NCT05220566

Last Updated: 2023-12-04

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

250 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-04-01

Study Completion Date

2023-11-01

Brief Summary

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Aims:

To evaluate the effectiveness of the "Reserved Therapeutic Space" intervention for improving the nurse-patient therapeutic relationship in acute mental health units in Spain, as well as its impact in terms of quality of care and patients' perceptions of coercion.

Design:

Multicenter intervention study with control group.

Methods:

The study will be carried out in 12 mental health units in Spain. Given the conditions of evaluation in real clinical practice, paired randomization will be performed to assign centers to intervention and control groups. The "Reserved Therapeutic Space" intervention to be tested has been co-designed and validated by both nurses and patients. The quality of the therapeutic relationship, the care received, and perceived coercion among patients will be assessed at baseline and at discharge using instruments validated in our context. An estimated 131 patients per group are expected to participate. Funding was granted in July 2021 by the Institute of Health Carlos III (PI21/00605, Ministry of Science and Innovation) and in October 2021 by the College of Nurses of Barcelona (PR-487/2021). The proposal was approved by all the Research Ethics Committees of participating centers.

Discussion:

This study is expected to demonstrate the effectiveness of a specific nursing intervention on patient health outcomes including the level of the therapeutic relationship, the quality of care, the level of coercion and other specific indicators for acute mental health units.

Impact:

This project will lead to changes in clinical practice, transforming the current models of organization and care management in mental health hospitalization units, promoting the quality of the therapeutic relationship and, ultimately, the quality of person-centered care.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Nurse-Patient Relations Psychiatric Hospitalization

Keywords

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Nurse-Patient therapeutic relationship Quality of psychiatric care Mental health nursing Acute psychiatric care

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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'Reserved Therapeutic Space'

Participants will receive 'Reserved Therapeutic Space' Nursing Intervention

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Reserved Therapeutic Space

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The main objective of the 'Reserved Therapeutic Space' intervention is to enhance the therapeutic bond of trust, to enable the agreement of objectives and interventions in a shared manner in relation to their recovery process in the unit. The intervention is carried out through individual meetings between the nurse and the patient in a comfortable and intimate space, where there are no interruptions and which is also chosen by the person who is hospitalized. The content of the spaces must be constructed individually according to the patients' concerns at each moment of the process.

Control

Participants will receive usual care

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Reserved Therapeutic Space

The main objective of the 'Reserved Therapeutic Space' intervention is to enhance the therapeutic bond of trust, to enable the agreement of objectives and interventions in a shared manner in relation to their recovery process in the unit. The intervention is carried out through individual meetings between the nurse and the patient in a comfortable and intimate space, where there are no interruptions and which is also chosen by the person who is hospitalized. The content of the spaces must be constructed individually according to the patients' concerns at each moment of the process.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adults hospitalized in mental health inpatient units who voluntarily consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

* Adults hospitalized in mental health inpatient units who present a language barrier, mechanical restraint, contraindication by the clinical referent, cognitive impairment, or intellectual disability at the time of recruitment.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Campus docent Sant Joan de Déu-Universitat de Barcelona

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Regional de Malaga

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Gil Casares de Santiago de Compostela

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Virgen de los Lirios de Alcoi

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital de Galdakao

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital de Mataró

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital del Mar

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Instituto de Salud Carlos III

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Colegio Oficial de Enfermeras y Enfermeros de Barcelona

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Barcelona

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Antonio R. Moreno Poyato

PhD, Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Hospital Gil Casares

Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain

Site Status

Hospital Universitario Fundacion Alcorcon

Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain

Site Status

Hospital Universitario Regional

Málaga, , Spain

Site Status

Hospital Clinic Universitari de Valencia

Valencia, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

References

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El-Abidi K, Moreno-Poyato AR, Canabate-Ros M, Garcia-Sanchez JA, Lluch-Canut MT, Munoz-Ruoco E, Perez-Moreno JJ, Pita-De-La-Vega J, Puig-Llobet M, Rubia-Ruiz G, Santos-Pariente C, Lopez AMR, Golmar LJ, Lopez CE, Roldan-Merino JF. The therapeutic relationship from the perspective of patients and nurses in the first days of admission: A cross-sectional study in acute mental health units. Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2024 Feb;33(1):134-142. doi: 10.1111/inm.13227. Epub 2023 Sep 24.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 37743558 (View on PubMed)

Moreno-Poyato AR, El Abidi K, Lluch-Canut T, Canabate-Ros M, Puig-Llobet M, Roldan-Merino JF. Impact of the 'reserved therapeutic space' nursing intervention on patient health outcomes: An intervention study in acute mental health units. Nurs Open. 2023 Aug;10(8):5749-5757. doi: 10.1002/nop2.1750. Epub 2023 Apr 21.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 37084278 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2021/9835

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id