Abstract

MACEDO, Ermelinda et al. Community intervention & recovery: Impact on quality of life, social support and needs' satisfaction of the person with mental illness. Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Saúde Mental [online]. 2020, n.spe7, pp.81-87. ISSN 1647-2160.  https://doi.org/10.19131/rpesm.0251.

BACKGROUND: Recovery is understood as a subjective process that presupposes clinical and personal dimensions. Community intervention programs in the promotion of recovery should be based on important aspects such as their needs, quality of life and social support. AIM: To evaluate the impact of an individualized intervention program on quality of life, social support and needs satisfaction in people with mental illness. METHODS:Quasi-experimental study with before-after design of single group, with three evaluation moments with 16 sessions implemented during 4 months. The sample consists of 25 people with mental illness selected from the high clinic of a psychiatric hospital in the Northern region of Portugal. The sociodemographic and clinical evaluation questionnaire, the Needs Assessment Instrument (NAI)., constructed by the researchers, the EQ-5D and the Social Support Satisfaction Scale were used as instruments. The investigation was approved by the Ethics Committee of the institution where the data were collected. SPSS, version 25.0 was used, using descriptive measures and tests of non-parametric mean differences - Friedman and Wilcoxon - with a significance level of p<.05. RESULTS: There was a positive evolution regarding the evaluated variables, with statistically significant differences during the three evaluation moments for: quality of life - EQ-5D; Dimension Disease of the NAI, and Environment Dimension. CONCLUSIONS: Intervening in the recovery of the person with mental illness is a time-consuming and demanding intervention, but with positive results if the intervention is directed to the needs of the people.

Keywords : Mental health; Recovery; Quality of life; Social support.

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