Research Question: How can sexual health counseling that is provided by mental healthcare workers to young people be improved?
1. IVs: Standards of living – poor or high standards of living amongst the patients.
Therapy received – personal or group therapy
2. Subject/Preexisting variables:
Gender: Male or female
Income Levels: Low, medium or high income level
Under the grouping based on the income levels, the participants who have or are currently receiving some form of sexual treatment and therapy will fill a questionnaire in which the scores will be divided as follows:
· The group that will follow under the top two scores will be high income earners.
· The group that will follow under the middle two scores will be moderate income earners.
· The group that will follow under the bottom two scores will be low income earners.
References:
Bhugra, D., & Malik, A. (2011). Professionalism in mental healthcare: Experts, expertise and expectations.
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Hermann, R. C. (2005). Improving mental healthcare: A guide to measurement-based quality improvement. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Pub.
3. What are the continuous level measurement variables in your database? Identify at least four.
Recovery time: This variable takes into account the total time that the patient time to be able to fully recover after receiving treatment on sexually related matter. I have selected this variable since various factors determine the time that is taken by the patient to be able to fully recover. It is measured from the first day the patient started taking treatment to the day the patient is fully recovered. The resulting score is a composite score where the larger the recovery time frame, the poorer the treatment offered. The recorded relationships in the past shows that whenever a patient takes a longer time to be fully recovered, it means that the treatment offered was of poor quality and that the team ought to improve the treatment method.
Age: Takes the age of the patient being offered treatment.
It is measured in years, the resulting score is a composite score, and relationship shows that the old patient needs more treatments than younger patients and vice versa.
Number of therapies undertaken: Takes into account the number of times that the patient has received treatment and fully recovered in the past. The resulting score is a composite score and finally relationship show that the larger the number of therapies the poorer the treatment being offered.
Frequency of sickness: Takes the number of times that the patient has been sick over a specified period of time. The resulting score is a composite score. Patients with a high frequency of sickness over a short period of time need an improved form of treatment.
References
Williams, C. (2011). Assertive outreach in mental healthcare: Current perspectives. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell.
In Brower, K. J., & Riba, M. B. (2017). Physician mental health and well-being: Research and practice.
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