Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia, Štefanova 5, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Kardeljeva ploščad 5, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Community Ment Health J. 2019 Jan;55(1):168-179. doi: 10.1007/s10597-018-0271-7. Epub 2018 Apr 27.
The article presents an analysis of the use of focus groups in researching community mental health users, starting with the reasons for using them, their implementation in mental health service users' research, and the adaptations of focus group use when researching the experiences of users. Based on personal research experience and a review of scientific publications in the Google Scholar, Web of Science, ProQuest, EBSCOhost, and Scopus databases, 20 articles published between 2010 and 2016 were selected for targeted content analysis. A checklist for reporting on the use of focus groups with community mental health service users, aiming to improve the comparability, verifiability and validity was developed. Adaptations of the implementation of focus groups in relation to participants' characteristics were suggested. Focus groups are not only useful as a scientific research technique, but also for ensuring service users' participation in decision-making in community mental health and evaluating the quality of the mental health system and services .
本文对使用焦点小组研究社区心理健康服务使用者的情况进行了分析，首先介绍了使用焦点小组的原因，它们在精神健康服务使用者研究中的实施情况，以及在研究使用者的经验时对焦点小组使用的调整。基于个人研究经验以及对谷歌学术、Web of Science、ProQuest、EBSCOhost 和 Scopus 数据库中的科学出版物的回顾，选择了 20 篇 2010 年至 2016 年间发表的文章进行针对性的内容分析。制定了一份报告使用焦点小组对社区心理健康服务使用者的检查表，旨在提高可比性、可验证性和有效性。还提出了与参与者特征相关的焦点小组实施调整。焦点小组不仅是一种有用的科学研究技术，还有助于确保社区心理健康服务使用者参与决策以及评估精神卫生系统和服务的质量。
