Integrated decision-making model for community-based rehabilitation service utilisation among persons with severe mental illness in China: Protocol for a cross-sectional, mixed-methods study

Ruoxi Wang, Shangfeng Tang, Ian Shaw, Zhanchun Feng, Zhuo Chen, Yuxiong Luo, Hongxun Song, Tailai Wu, Qian Fu, Hang Fu, Yueying Huang, Xiaoyu Chen, Da Feng

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Abstract

Introduction: A common problem low-income and middleincome countries face is the scarcity of communitybased rehabilitation (CBR) resources and low service utilisation among persons with severe mental illness (SMI). Despite this problem, the factors and pathways followed influencing one's decision on service utilisation in China have not been fully comprehended. This study aims to develop a theory-based model that systematically describes the integrated decision-making process of mental health CBR utilisation among persons with SMI in China. Methods/Design: This cross-sectional, mixed-methods study involves three main stages and is expected to last 3 years, from January 2018 to December 2020. In stage 1, the Social Exchange Theory is deployed as an analytical framework to comprehensively capture factors associated with tendency to use CBR services in China using semistructured interview methodology involving patients with SMI, their primary caregivers and CBR service providers. In stage 2, interpretive structural modelling will be applied to analyse the relationships between factors in different dimensions, at different levels and with different levels of impact. Stage 3 involves a multiregion survey among at least 300 family decision-makers (either the patient or their caregivers) in six communities in three cities to statistically validate the initial model derived in stage 2 using a further structural equation modelling. Ethics and dissemination: Ethical approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (No 2017S319). All interviewees will be provided with written information about the study, and a signed consent will be retrieved prior to the interview. Rules on confidentiality and anonymity of data will be strictly followed. The findings of this study will be disseminated via international and domestic peer-reviewed journals, reports, conference presentations and symposium discussions. Reports will be submitted to the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere021528
JournalBMJ Open
Volume8
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2018
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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