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Abstract：
BACKGROUND: Family involvement in mental health care is a therapeutic intervention in the management of mental illness. The global concern in long-term mental health is that families find it difficult to accept mental illness when their loved ones are admitted to receive care, treatment and rehabilitation.
OBJECTIVE: To describe nurses\' perceptions of involving family members in the care of mental health care users in long-term institutions.
METHODS: A quantitative descriptive design was used. The population comprised nurses working at three mental health institutions (MHIs). Probability simple random sampling was used to select 360 respondents. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires.
RESULTS: The findings revealed that most (86.9%) of the nurses acknowledged that challenges affect families\' involvement in mental health care. A total of 91.4% of nurses complained that family members\' involvement was insufficient and (80.6%) indicated that poor family contact affects the provision of quality mental health care. Therefore, the respondents believed that the families\' involvement has an impact on the management of mental illness.
CONCLUSIONS: Engaging family members in mental health care helps both health professionals and families to participate in patient-centred care and mental health care services. However, MHCUs benefit when their families are involved.Contribution: The study contributed to mental health nursing as its results can be used to measure the quality of health services improvements, by involving the family members during hospitalisation of their loved ones for mental health care.
OBJECTIVE: To describe nurses\' perceptions of involving family members in the care of mental health care users in long-term institutions.
METHODS: A quantitative descriptive design was used. The population comprised nurses working at three mental health institutions (MHIs). Probability simple random sampling was used to select 360 respondents. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires.
RESULTS: The findings revealed that most (86.9%) of the nurses acknowledged that challenges affect families\' involvement in mental health care. A total of 91.4% of nurses complained that family members\' involvement was insufficient and (80.6%) indicated that poor family contact affects the provision of quality mental health care. Therefore, the respondents believed that the families\' involvement has an impact on the management of mental illness.
CONCLUSIONS: Engaging family members in mental health care helps both health professionals and families to participate in patient-centred care and mental health care services. However, MHCUs benefit when their families are involved.Contribution: The study contributed to mental health nursing as its results can be used to measure the quality of health services improvements, by involving the family members during hospitalisation of their loved ones for mental health care.
摘要：
背景：家庭参与精神保健是精神疾病管理中的一种治疗性干预措施。长期心理健康的全球关注是，当他们的亲人被接纳接受护理时，家庭很难接受精神疾病，治疗和康复。
目的：描述护士在长期机构中让家庭成员参与心理健康护理使用者护理的看法。
方法：采用定量描述性设计。人口包括在三个精神卫生机构（MHI）工作的护士。采用概率简单随机抽样方法选取360名受访者。使用自我管理问卷收集数据。
结果：调查结果显示，大多数护士（86.9%）承认挑战会影响家庭在精神保健方面的参与。共有91.4％的护士抱怨家庭成员的参与不足，（80.6％）表明家庭接触不良会影响提供优质的精神卫生保健。因此,受访者认为，家庭的参与对精神疾病的管理有影响。
结论：让家庭成员参与精神卫生保健有助于卫生专业人员和家庭参与以患者为中心的护理和精神卫生保健服务。然而,MHCU在家人参与时受益。贡献：该研究为心理健康护理做出了贡献，因为其结果可用于衡量卫生服务改善的质量，在亲人住院期间让家庭成员参与精神保健。
目的：描述护士在长期机构中让家庭成员参与心理健康护理使用者护理的看法。
方法：采用定量描述性设计。人口包括在三个精神卫生机构（MHI）工作的护士。采用概率简单随机抽样方法选取360名受访者。使用自我管理问卷收集数据。
结果：调查结果显示，大多数护士（86.9%）承认挑战会影响家庭在精神保健方面的参与。共有91.4％的护士抱怨家庭成员的参与不足，（80.6％）表明家庭接触不良会影响提供优质的精神卫生保健。因此,受访者认为，家庭的参与对精神疾病的管理有影响。
结论：让家庭成员参与精神卫生保健有助于卫生专业人员和家庭参与以患者为中心的护理和精神卫生保健服务。然而,MHCU在家人参与时受益。贡献：该研究为心理健康护理做出了贡献，因为其结果可用于衡量卫生服务改善的质量，在亲人住院期间让家庭成员参与精神保健。
