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Optimal Acute Adult Psychiatric In-patient Care in Hong Kong
Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Summary
This mixed-method study aims to evaluate the optimal number of hospital beds and quality of acute adult psychiatric inpatient care in Hong Kong using online Delphi surveys for psychiatric nurses and individual interviews for service users with mental health conditions and family caregivers. The main question it aims to answer is: What are the consensus points for quality acute adult psychiatric inpatient care in Hong Kong from psychiatric nurses, service users, and caregivers? Psychiatric nurses will respond to three rounds of online Delphi surveys, while service users and caregivers will attend individual semi-structured interviews.
Official title: Optimal Acute Adult Psychiatric In-patient Care in Hong Kong: a Mixed-method Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 64 Years
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
160
Start Date
2025-08-04
Completion Date
2026-08-31
Last Updated
2025-07-31
Healthy Volunteers
Not specified
Conditions
Interventions
respond to 3 rounds of online Delphi surveys
In the first round, the responses of the participants will be collected, coded, and categorised into several themes/factors anonymously. In the second round, the participants will obtain the controlled feedback of all other participants and rate the level of agreement of the factors using a 5-point Likert scale ('strongly agree', 'agree', 'neither agree or disagree', 'disagree', and 'strongly disagree'; or 'essential', 'important', 'don't know/depends', 'unimportant', and 'should not be considered'). In the third round, the participants will rank the importance of the factors. In each round, the participants will be expected to complete the survey within one month.
attend an individual semi-structured interview
The individual semi-structured interview will be audio-recorded, last for 45 minutes at maximum, and carried out by a trained and independent research assistant in a meeting room of PolyU or a room affiliated with the respective acute wards of the participating hospitals.