Associations between personal recovery and service user-rated versus clinician-rated clinical recovery, a cross-sectional study

Skar-Fröding, Regina; Clausen, Hanne; Šaltytė Benth, Jūratė; Ruud, Torleif; Slade, Mike; Heiervang, Kristin S

Abstract

Background: This study examined the relationship between service user-rated personal recovery and clinician-rated and service user-rated clinical recovery. The relationships between different subdomains of clinical recovery and personal recovery were also assessed. Methods: In total, 318 mental health service users with a psychosis diagnosis and their clinicians from 39 sites across Norway completed standardized questionnaires regarding personal recovery, clinical symptoms and psychosocial functioning. Regression models were used to investigate the relationship between personal and clinical recovery. Results: Overall, clinical recovery was positively associated with personal recovery, when rated both by service users and by clinicians. Personal recovery was associated with lower levels of depression, self-harm and problems with relationships when rated by the service users. Among the subdomains rated by the clinicians, personal recovery was associated with fewer problems with relationships and higher aggressiveness. Conclusions: These findings suggest that affective symptoms are associated with personal recovery, indicating the need for greater focus on depression treatment among people with psychosis. Improving social connections is of importance for personal recovery, and might be an area where clinicians and service users can meet and find agreement on important treatment goals.

Citation

Skar-Fröding, R., Clausen, H., Šaltytė Benth, J., Ruud, T., Slade, M., & Heiervang, K. S. (2022). Associations between personal recovery and service user-rated versus clinician-rated clinical recovery, a cross-sectional study. BMC Psychiatry, 22, Article 42. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-03691-y

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 31, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Jan 18, 2022
• Publication Date: Jan 18, 2022
• Deposit Date: Jan 5, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 18, 2022
• Journal: BMC Psychiatry
• Electronic ISSN: 1471-244X
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 22
• Article Number: 42
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-03691-y
• Keywords: Psychiatry and Mental health
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/7166194
• Publisher URL: https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-022-03691-y