From: Chinese mental health workers’ family-focused practices: a cross-sectional survey
Subscale scoresa | All (n = 515) | Profession types | Post-hoc tests | ||
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Psychiatrists (n = 213) | Psychiatric nurses (n = 269) | AMHPs (n = 33) | |||
Workplace support for family-focused practice | 4.74 (1.36) | 4.59 (1.46) | 4.85 (1.28) | 4.71 (1.33) | - |
Location issues in relation to family-focused practice | 3.24 (1.21) | 3.11 (1.26)* | 3.39 (1.17)* | 3.00 (1.20)* | 1 < 2 |
Time and workload | 3.75 (1.05) | 3.51 (1.15)*** | 3.95 (0.92)*** | 3.69 (1.14)*** | 1 < 2 |
Family-focused policy and procedure | 4.40 (1.33) | 4.06 (1.30)*** | 4.78 (1.23)*** | 3.59 (1.38)*** | 1 < 2, 3 < 2 |
Family-focused professional development opportunities | 4.43 (1.33) | 4.47 (1.26) | 4.38 (1.40) | 4.52 (1.25) | - |
Coworker support | 4.72 (1.16) | 4.62 (1.11) | 4.82 (1.16) | 4.52 (1.39) | - |
Providing support to the family and client for parenting | 4.81 (0.96) | 4.89 (0.89)* | 4.72 (1.03)* | 5.07 (0.74)* | - |
Worker confidence in family-focused practice | 3.93 (1.30) | 3.78 (1.34) | 4.01 (1.28) | 4.23 (1.22) | - |
Providing support to families and children | 4.46 (1.19) | 4.65 (1.16)*** | 4.27 (1.21)*** | 4.84 (1.03)*** | 2 < 1, 2 < 3 |
Engaging with family | 3.59 (1.04) | 3.73 (1.11)** | 3.44 (0.98)** | 3.98 (0.80)** | 2 < 1, 2 < 3 |
Assessing impact of parental mental illness on the child | 4.46 (1.16) | 4.53 (1.22) | 4.40 (1.12) | 4.53 (1.10) | - |
The need for further training | 5.40 (1.07) | 5.58 (0.94)*** | 5.21 (1.16)*** | 5.80 (0.86)*** | 2 < 1, 2 < 3 |
Skill and knowledge | 4.29 (0.78) | 4.27 (0.90) | 4.29 (0.65) | 4.44 (0.86) | - |
Service availability | 3.37 (1.25) | 3.21 (1.32)** | 3.55 (1.17)** | 2.91 (1.16)** | 1 < 2, 3 < 2 |
Promoting family connectedness | 4.29 (0.80) | 4.33 (0.87) | 4.24 (0.73) | 4.48 (0.82) | - |
Referrals for family members | 4.29 (0.93) | 4.36 (1.04) | 4.20 (0.81) | 4.50 (1.05) | - |
Inter-professional practice | 5.36 (1.03) | 5.56 (0.89)*** | 5.17 (1.10)*** | 5.63 (0.97)*** | 2 < 1, 2 < 3 |
Supporting parenting within the context of mental illness | 3.91 (1.03) | 3.90 (1.09) | 3.88 (0.98) | 4.28 (0.97) | - |