Coercive treatments are often regarded as an inevitable and yet highly debated feature of psychiatric care. Perceived coercion is often reported by patients involuntarily committed as well as their voluntary counterparts. The Admission Experience Survey (AES) is a reliable tool for measuring perceived coercion in mental hospital admission. We developed the Italian AES (I-AES) through translation back-translation and administered it to 156 acutely hospitalized patients (48% women, 69% voluntarily committed) in two university hospitals in Rome (Policlinico Umberto I, Sant'Andrea Hospital). A principal component analysis (PCA) with equamax rotation was conducted. The I-AES showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.90); Guttmann split-half relia- bility coefficient was 0.90. AES total score significantly differed between voluntary and involuntary committed patients (5.08 ± 4.1 vs. 8.1 ± 4.9, p < .05). PCA disclosed a three-factor solution explaining 59.3 of the variance. Some discrepancies were found between the factor structure of the I-AES and the original version. I- AES total score was positively associated with numbers of previous involuntarily hospitalization (r = 0.20, p < .05) and psychiatric symptoms' severity (r = 0.22, p < .02). I-AES and its proposed new factor structure proved to be reliable to assess perceived coercion in mental hospital admission. Consequently, it may represent a helpful instrument for the study and reduction of patients' levels of perceived coercion.

The admission experience survey italian version (I-AES). a factor analytic study on a sample of 156 acute psychiatric in-patients / Mandarelli, Gabriele; Parmigiani, Giovanna; Trobia, Federico; Tessari, Gianmarco; Roma, Paolo; Biondi, Massimo; Ferracuti, Stefano. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW AND PSYCHIATRY. - ISSN 0160-2527. - 62:(2019), pp. 111-116. [10.1016/j.ijlp.2018.12.006]

The admission experience survey italian version (I-AES). a factor analytic study on a sample of 156 acute psychiatric in-patients

Parmigiani, Giovanna;Roma, Paolo;
2019

Abstract

Coercive treatments are often regarded as an inevitable and yet highly debated feature of psychiatric care. Perceived coercion is often reported by patients involuntarily committed as well as their voluntary counterparts. The Admission Experience Survey (AES) is a reliable tool for measuring perceived coercion in mental hospital admission. We developed the Italian AES (I-AES) through translation back-translation and administered it to 156 acutely hospitalized patients (48% women, 69% voluntarily committed) in two university hospitals in Rome (Policlinico Umberto I, Sant'Andrea Hospital). A principal component analysis (PCA) with equamax rotation was conducted. The I-AES showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.90); Guttmann split-half relia- bility coefficient was 0.90. AES total score significantly differed between voluntary and involuntary committed patients (5.08 ± 4.1 vs. 8.1 ± 4.9, p < .05). PCA disclosed a three-factor solution explaining 59.3 of the variance. Some discrepancies were found between the factor structure of the I-AES and the original version. I- AES total score was positively associated with numbers of previous involuntarily hospitalization (r = 0.20, p < .05) and psychiatric symptoms' severity (r = 0.22, p < .02). I-AES and its proposed new factor structure proved to be reliable to assess perceived coercion in mental hospital admission. Consequently, it may represent a helpful instrument for the study and reduction of patients' levels of perceived coercion.
2019
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111
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The admission experience survey italian version (I-AES). a factor analytic study on a sample of 156 acute psychiatric in-patients / Mandarelli, Gabriele; Parmigiani, Giovanna; Trobia, Federico; Tessari, Gianmarco; Roma, Paolo; Biondi, Massimo; Ferracuti, Stefano. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW AND PSYCHIATRY. - ISSN 0160-2527. - 62:(2019), pp. 111-116. [10.1016/j.ijlp.2018.12.006]
Mandarelli, Gabriele; Parmigiani, Giovanna; Trobia, Federico; Tessari, Gianmarco; Roma, Paolo; Biondi, Massimo; Ferracuti, Stefano
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