
Virve PekurinenFinnish Institute for Health and Welfare | THL · Data and analytics
Virve Pekurinen
PhD (Health Sciences)
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August 2018 - December 2018
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Publications (17)
Background:
Physical health among people with severe mental illness (SMI) is a global concern. However, many people with SMI do not receive regular comprehensive health checks. There is currently no validated physical health check instrument systematically used in Finnish mental health services. Therefore, this study aims to validate and establish...
Background:
Web-based interventions are promising tools for increasing the understanding of illness and treatment among patients with serious mental disorders.
Objective:
This study aimed to test the feasibility and acceptability of a Web-based patient education intervention using a quasi-experimental cluster design to report feedback on patient...
Objective:
To explore the role of body-esteem and self-esteem in the occurrence of academic functioning problems associated with eating disturbances. Participants: 330 university students (aged 16-53 years) in Finland in 2016. Method: Interference with academic functioning measured with the Eating and Body Image Academic Interference Scale. Multiv...
Background:
Coercive measures is a topic that has long been discussed in the field of psychiatry. Despite global reports of reductions in the use of restraint episodes due to new regulations, it is still questionable if practices have really changed over time. For this study, we examined the rates of coercive measures in the inpatient population o...
We examined the associations between work stress (job strain, effort-reward imbalance), perceived job insecurity, workplace social capital, satisfaction with leadership and working hours in relation to the likelihood of encountering patient aggression (overall exposure, assaults on ward property, mental abuse, physical assaults). We conducted a cro...
Purpose
This study aims to evaluate the quality of the Finnish clinical practice guideline related to schizophrenia care and how it can be utilized in psychiatric services.
Participants and methods
The data were collected from one psychiatric ward and seven psychiatric outpatient units situated in two cities in Southern Finland. A total of 49 prof...
Background: Continuing education has an important role in supporting the competence of health care professionals. Although
Web-based education is a growing business in various health sectors, few studies have been conducted in psychiatric settings to
show its suitability in demanding work environments.
Objective: We aimed to describe the impact of...
BACKGROUND
Web-based interventions are promising tools for increasing the understanding of illness and treatment among patients with serious mental disorders.
OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to test the feasibility and acceptability of a Web-based patient education intervention using a quasi-experimental cluster design to report feedback on patient edu...
BACKGROUND
Continuing education has an important role in supporting the competence of health care professionals. Although Web-based education is a growing business in various health sectors, few studies have been conducted in psychiatric settings to show its suitability in demanding work environments.
OBJECTIVE
We aimed to describe the impact of a...
Background:
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major health problem that often requires intensive and long-term rehabilitation.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to determine whether rehabilitative digital gaming facilitates cognitive functioning and general well-being in people with TBI.
Methods:
A total of 90 Finnish-speaking adults with T...
Wellbeing of nurses is associated with patient aggression. Little is known about the differences in these associations between nurses working in different specialties. We aimed to estimate and compare the prevalence of patient aggression and the associations between patient aggression and the wellbeing of nurses in psychiatric and non-psychiatric s...
Background
People admitted to psychiatric hospitals with a diagnosis of schizophrenia may display behavioural problems. These may require management approaches such as use of coercive practices, which impact the well-being of staff members, visiting families and friends, peers, as well as patients themselves. Studies have proposed that not only pat...
Objectives:
This study tested the hypothesis that poor organizational justice and collaboration among nurses are associated with increased stress among nurses, which, in turn, increases the likelihood of violent assaults by patients.
Methods:
A cross-sectional survey was conducted of nurses in 90 psychiatric inpatient wards in five hospital dist...
Background
Over 64% of nurses are exposed to violent assaults by patients worldwide. This creates costs for organisations and effect on nurses’ health. To prevent assaults, the causes should be known. It has been suggested, that patient characteristics explain only a proportion of assaults, while nurses’ wellbeing related factors might contribute t...