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

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  • Joke C van Nieuw Amerongen-Meeuse
  • Arjan W Braam
  • Christa Anbeek
  • Jos WR Twisk
  • Hanneke Schaap-Jonker

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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  

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  • Joke C van Nieuw Amerongen-Meeuse & Arjan W Braam & Christa Anbeek & Jos WR Twisk & Hanneke Schaap-Jonker, 2022. "Treatment alliance and needs of care concerning religiousness and spirituality: A follow-up study among psychiatric inpatients," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 68(7), pages 1341-1350, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:68:y:2022:i:7:p:1341-1350
    DOI: 10.1177/00207640211023065
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