Experiences of user involvement in mental health settings: User motivations and benefits.

WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: User involvement, when people who have accessed services become actively involved in aspects of mental health care, can sometimes be "tokenistic" and not well thought through. Users are often involved in their own care, and asked for feedback, but are less likely to be meaningfully involved in developing services and training staff. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE?: To implement meaningful involvement, it is important to know why some users choose to devote time to such activities.

Renal replacement therapy choices for pre-dialysis renal patients.

With the numbers of patients developing end-stage renal failure predicted to increase over the coming years, more patients than ever will be expected to choose their future form of renal replacement treatment. This study explored the decision-making processes of pre-dialysis patients to elucidate how these choices were made. Nine pre-dialysis patients were interviewed, transcripts of which were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis.

A psychometric evaluation of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in patients diagnosed with end-stage renal disease.

Objectives: To determine the psychometric properties of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and determine the suitability of the instrument for use with this clinical group.

Design: Between-subjects and cross-sectional design. The independent variable was type of treatment for ESRD.