[Long Term Evaluation of the Implementation of the Safewards Model - Results of a Follow-Up-Study Among Patients and Staff in Acute Psychiatric Wards].

Objective: Evaluation of long-term effects of the implementation of the Safewards Model (SM) among staff and patients in acute psychiatry in Germany.

Method: Assessment of ward atmosphere, job satisfaction, fidelity, and coercive interventions in 2 locked wards directly before and 15 months after implementation of the SM.

Results: Ward atmosphere was assessed significantly better after implementation, job satisfaction was still above-average at both times, coercive interventions declined significantly in one ward, fidelity and degree of implementation were still high.

Conclusions: The implementing of the SM in locked wards in acute psychiatry can also have positive effects in long run.