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Title
Psychiatric in-patients' experience of being secluded in a specific hospital in Lesotho |
Full text
http://www.ajol.info/viewarticle.php?id=38913 |
Date
2008 |
Author(s)
Ntshaba, G N; Havenga, Y; ; yhavenga@medunsa.ac.za |
Abstract
This qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual study was undertaken to explore and describe the experiences of psychiatric in-patients who are secluded in a specific hospital in Lesotho. Evidence about the rationale and appropriate use of seclusion as well as promotion of mental health in secluded patients has been expressed and documented in the literature. The mental health legislation of Lesotho does not specifically address seclusion of psychiatric in-patients. This research is crucial because it has not been conducted before and information pertaining to it is limited. Purposive sampling was used. Data were generated through eleven (11) individual semi-structured phenomenological interviews. One central open question was posed to the participants. Patients were interviewed until saturation was reached. Field notes were taken. All interviews were audio taped and transcribed verbatim. Tesch's (in Creswell, 1994:142) method of open coding was used to analyse data. Results where described, pertaining to the categories identified. The main categories were: (1) the experience of being in a prison; (2) seclusion experienced as a punishment, which created an environment where human rights violations were experienced; (3) personnel factors leading to an experience of not being supported and cared for; and (4) emotional responses to the seclusion experience. A literature control followed the description of the results. Keywords: psychiatric in-patients; experience; seclusion; hospital Health SA Gesondheid Vol. 12 (4) 2007: pp. 3-12 |
Subject(s)
psychiatric in-patients; experience; seclusion; hospital |
Language
en |
Publisher
Health SA Gesondheid Association of Crop Science, Uganda |
Type of publication
Peer-Reviewed Article |
Source
Health SA Gesondheid - Health SA Gesondheid; Vol. 12, No. 4 (2007) |
Rights
Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the journal. |
Repository
Africa - African Journals OnLine (AJOL)
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