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Comparison of suicide in people aged 65-74 and 75+ by gender in England and Wales and the major Western countries 1979-1999
- Authors:
- PRICHARD Colin, HANSEN Lars
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20(1), January 2005, pp.17-25.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The factors most strongly associated with suicide are age and gender - more men than women, and, more people over 65 kill themselves. As a number of Governments have targets to reduce suicide levels we compare elderly suicide rates over a 20-year period in England and Wales. And the major Western countries focusing upon age and gender. Male GSPR: 65-74 suicide ratios fell significantly in six countries and in three for the 75+. Female GSPR: 65-74 suicide ratios fell in every country except Spain. Proportionately, there were more suicides in the over 65s in countries with an extended family tradition, Spain, Italy, Germany, France and Japan, than in the five secular countries. England and Wales male 65-74 suicide fell significantly more than Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Netherlands and the USA, and did significantly better than the other countries for all female senior citizen suicides. Suicide of the over-65s has improved in seven countries, especially in England and Wales, who had the greatest proportional reduction, which reflects well upon the psycho-geriatric and community services. However, in all countries, male 65-74 rates did not match the female out so extra efforts are needed to improve male rates.
A patient satisfaction rating scale for psychiatric service users
- Authors:
- HANSEN Lars K., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatrist (The), 34(11), November 2010, pp.485-488.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
The patient’s experience of the clinician is an increasingly important area in time of ‘consumer choice’ and appraisal of the individual practitioner. Patient feedback can help the practitioner to identify problems in the process of care and stimulate review and improvements of practice behaviour. The aim of this study was to produce a patient satisfaction scale that is sensitive to the clinician’s performance and is easily understood and completed by the service user. Patients attending psychiatric out-patient clinics in the south of England were involved in developing and validating the scale. The process involved 3 phases: phase 1 comprised identifying factors which are important in the encounter between a practitioner and patient; phase 2 involved producing questions for the patient satisfaction scale; and in phase 3 the final patient satisfaction (PatSat) scale was tested against the Verona Service Satisfaction Scale. This demonstrated a highly significant correlation between the two scales. The article concludes that PatSat is a new patient satisfaction scale validated in a psychiatric out-patient population. It appeared popular with patients and took less than 1 minute to fill in. The use of validated scales measuring patient satisfaction is a pivotal part of mental health delivery and advancing overall quality of care.