An Evaluation of the WHO QUAlityRights Program

Launched by GCS-CCOMS · Mar 7, 2025

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In France, despite the existence of recommendations and a restrictive legal framework, the use of restraint practices in psychiatry remains widespread, and the duration and conditions of hospitalization do not always guarantee respect for users' rights.

The World Health Organization's (WHO) QualityRights (QR) program offers assessments, called "observations", and recommendations to help mental health facilities, on a voluntary basis, improve their care practices towards better respect of the rights of service users. However, the program has never been evaluated in a French national context...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Adults (18 years or older)
• • Persons having formulated a non-opposition to participate in the study
• • Population a (users): Service users of the psychiatric sectors involved in the study hospitalized full-time since at least 3 days in an inpatient unit.
• • Population b (professionals): Mental health professionals working in the sector since at least 3 months at the time of study participation
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Persons physically or psychologically unable to participate at the time of the study
• • Persons subject to a safeguard of justice measure
• • Persons who do not speak or understand the French language

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