Factors associated with satisfaction and perceived helpfulness of mental healthcare: a World Mental Health Surveys report.
Meredith G HarrisAlan E KazdinRichard J MunthaliDaniel V VigoDan J SteinMaria Carmen VianaSergio Aguilar-GaxiolaAli Al-HamzawiJordi AlonsoLaura Helena AndradeBrendan BuntingStephanie ChardoulOye GurejeChiyi HuIrving HwangElie G KaramFernando Navarro-MateuDaisuke NishiRicardo OrozcoNancy A SampsonKate M ScottCristian VladescuBogdan WojtyniakMiguel XavierZahari ZarkovRonald C KesslerPublished in: International journal of mental health systems (2024)
Satisfaction with and perceived helpfulness of treatment varied as a function of type of provider, service setting, mental status, and socio-demographic variables. Invariably, caution is needed in combining data from multiple countries where there are cultural and service delivery variations. Even so, our findings underscore the utility of patient perspectives in treatment evaluation and may also be relevant in efforts to match patients to treatments.