J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs. 2025 Sep 20. doi: 10.1111/jpm.70033. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: Person-centred care can result in improved patient satisfaction and health outcomes; however, operationalisation has been challenging in mental health settings.
AIM: To describe person-centred mental health nursing practices and associated factors.
METHODS: The study was underpinned by The Person-Centred Practice Framework. All mental health and addictions registered nurses in one Canadian province were invited to complete the Person-centred Practice Inventory-Staff (PCPI-S) and a short demographic questionnaire. EQUATOR network recommendations for quantitative (STROBE) data were followed.
RESULTS: Nurses scored all three domains of the PCPI-S favourably, indicating strong evidence for person-centred practices; the practice environment domain was rated the lowest. There was a moderate, positive, statistically significant (rs = 0.451, p < 0.001) association between the practice environment domain score and the person-centred process domain score, which was the measure of delivery of person-centred care. A regression model explained 76.1% of the variance in delivery of person-centred care. Significant predictors were: (1) the prerequisites domain score of the PCPI-S, (2) the environment domain score of the PCPI-S and (3) nurses’ relationship with their manager.
DISCUSSION: Findings from our study provide strong support for the use of the Person-centred Practice Framework in mental health nursing, particularly in the context of Canadian mental health and addictions services. Study results align with existing evidence that also reported generally favourable PCPI-S scores with comparatively lower scores in the practice environment domain.
RECOMMENDATIONS: To address practice environment concerns, future research should focus on the context within which care takes place and its impact on the delivery of person-centred care.
PMID:40974166 | DOI:10.1111/jpm.70033
