Long Term Evaluation of the Implementation of the Safewards Model - Results of a Follow-Up-Study Among Patients and Staff in Acute Psychiatric Wards

Abstract

Evaluation of long-term effects of the implementation of the Safewards Model (SM) among staff and patients in acute psychiatry in Germany. Assessment of ward atmosphere, job satisfaction, fidelity, and coercive interventions in 2 locked wards directly before and 15 months after implementation of the SM. Ward atmosphere was assessed significantly better after implementation, job satisfaction was still above-average at both times, coercive interventions declined significantly in one ward, fidelity and degree of implementation were still high. The implementing of the SM in locked wards in acute psychiatry can also have positive effects in long run.