Moreno-Poyato, Antonio RafaelDelgado-Hito, PilarSuárez-Pérez, RaquelLluch-Canut, TeresaRoldán-Merino, Juan F.Montesó-Curto, Pilar2018-07-122018Moreno-Poyato AR, Delgado-Hito P, Suárez-Pérez R, Lluch-Canut T, Roldán-Merino JF, Montesó-Curto P. Improving the therapeutic relationship in inpatient psychiatric care: Assessment of the therapeutic alliance and empathy after implementing evidence-based practices resulting from participatory action research. Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2018 Apr;54(2):300-8. DOI: 10.1111/ppc.122380031-5990http://hdl.handle.net/10230/35141PURPOSE: To examine how evidence about the therapeutic alliance gleaned from participatory action project affected the level of this alliance and the degree of empathy of psychiatric nurses. DESIGN AND METHODS: Quasi-experimental study in two psychiatric units. In one group, evidence-based practices that affected the therapeutic alliance were implemented; in the comparison group, there was no such intervention. FINDINGS: The nurses from the intervention group improved their degree of empathy and factors such as agreement on objectives and tasks with the patient. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: The results confirm the possibility of measuring and improving the therapeutic relationship in psychiatric care.application/pdfengThis is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Moreno-Poyato AR, Delgado-Hito P, Suárez-Pérez R, Lluch-Canut T, Roldán-Merino JF, Montesó-Curto P. Improving the therapeutic relationship in inpatient psychiatric care: Assessment of the therapeutic alliance and empathy after implementing evidence-based practices resulting from participatory action research. Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2018 Apr;54(2):300-308, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12238. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.Salut mentalInfermeria psiquiàtricaInfermera i pacientinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12238Evidence-based practiceMental healthNurse-patient relationsParticipatory action researchPsychiatric nursinginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess