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School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin: 8 th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference
Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology: 7 th – 9 th November 2007
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Satisfied carers and relatives of persons with enduring
mental illness: Who and why? 3
Yulia Kartalova O’Doherty, M.A., M.Sc.
Researcher, Mental Health Research Unit
The Health Research Board
3 rd floor, Knockmaun House
42-47 Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel: +353 (0) 1 2345144
Fax: +353 (0) 1 6612214
Email: ykartalova@hrb.ie
Donna Tedstone Doherty, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher, Mental Health Research Unit
The Health Research Board
3 rd floor, Knockmaun House
42-47 Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel: +353 (0) 1 2345140
Fax: +353 (0) 1 6612214
Email: dtedstonedoherty@hrb.ie
Background
The current study is based on the secondary analysis of qualitative
data collected during the interviews for the exploratory Family
Support Study (Kartalova-O’Doherty et al., 2006). Participants of
the Family Support Study (N=38) were carers and relatives of
persons with enduring mental illness, recruited via family support
groups and mental health services.
Aims
The main purposes of the current study were to identify the key
constituents related to the reported satisfaction with family
services, and to establish what kind of services were considered
effective by families.
Methods
Post hoc grounded theory coding (Strauss & Corbin 1998) and
thematic content analysis (Hansen 2006) were used for the
exploration of the narratives and validation of the identified themes
and codes.
3 The article based on this study has been submitted to Qualitative Health
Research. Please contact the authors for further details.
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