RESEARCH ARTICLE
Staff Perception of Respect for Human Rights of Users and Organizational Well-being: A Study in Four Different Countries of the Mediterranean Area
Yosra Zgueb1, 2, *, Antonio Preti3, Alessandra Perra3, Sofian El-Astal4, Cesar Ivan Aviles Gonzalez3, Martina Piras5, 6, Giorgia Testa5, 6, Iskren Kirolov7, Giorgio Tamburini3, Uta Ouali1, 2, Goce Kalcev8, Ferdinando Romano9, Viviane Kovess10, Mauro Giovanni Carta3
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2020Volume: 16
Issue: Suppl-1, M6
First Page: 109
Last Page: 114
Publisher ID: CPEMH-16-109
DOI: 10.2174/1745017902016010109
Article History:
Received Date: 26/12/2019Revision Received Date: 21/02/2020
Acceptance Date: 23/02/2020
Electronic publication date: 30/07/2020
Collection year: 2020
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background:
The perception by mental health service staff of respect for users' rights is a fundamental component of organizational well-being. The objective of this work is to examine how cultural differences and the working context can influence the perception of respect for users' rights in mental health professionals in the Mediterranean area.
Methods:
An observational survey carried out in four different mental health networks in four countries of the Mediterranean area (Tunisia, North-Macedonia, Italy, Palestine). Each invited participant fulfilled a format on socio-demographic information and coded the Well-Being at Work and Respect Right Questionnaire (WWRR). All data were encrypted and analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. The Games-Howell post-hoc test was used to assess differences between countries. The Games-Howell test does not assume equal variances and sample sizes. Eta-squared (η2) was used as a measure of effect size in the ANOVA (η2 around 0.01, 0.06, and 0.14 are considered small, medium, and large, respectively).
Results:
The sample included 590 professionals working in the mental health field. The four countries showed statistically significant differences with regards to the quality rights assessment tool. Participants from Italy reported, on average, the highest scores across the questions. There were also differences across the countries about the perception of the impact of available resources on the effectiveness of care (η2 = 0.106).
Conclusion:
Our findings offer a useful insight into the perception of the quality of mental health services, especially from a users’ rights point of view.
