Inter-professional collaboration reduces the burden of caring for patients with mental illnesses in primary healthcare. A realist evaluation study

The European Journal of General Practice
Marieke De SutterPeter Decat

Abstract

Background: The implementation of primary care for mental health is often insufficient, which leaves its mark on staff. A team-based approach of mental healthcare prevents poor staff morale. A community health centre (CHC), therefore, set up a project promoting interprofessional collaboration with a mental health team (MHT).Objectives: This study aimed to understand how an MHT would influence staff morale in a primary care setting, aiming to formulate some recommendations for future projects.Methods: In 2017, interviews and a focus group discussion were conducted among the staff of a CHC. Using a qualitative approach, we aimed to unravel contextual factors and mechanisms that determine the effect of an MHT on staff morale.Results: The project relieved the burden of the patient encounters and staff members felt more valuable to patients. Underlying mechanisms were recognition, altered attitudes towards patients and role clarity. Facilitating factors were intercultural care mediators and a positive team atmosphere, whereas inhibiting factors were inefficient time management and communicative issues.Conclusion: Our study elucidated mechanisms and the contextual factors by which an MHT in general practice improves staff morale.[Box...Continue Reading

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