TY - JOUR AV - public A1 - Martinelli, A A1 - Killaspy, H A1 - Zarbo, C A1 - Agosta, S A1 - Casiraghi, L A1 - Zamparini, M A1 - Starace, F A1 - Rocchetti, M A1 - de Girolamo, G A1 - Ruggeri, M A1 - Barlati, S A1 - Boero, ME A1 - Cerveri, G A1 - Clerici, M A1 - D?Anna, G A1 - De Novellis, A A1 - Di Michele, V A1 - Di Prisco, P A1 - Durbano, F A1 - Facchini, F A1 - Ghio, L A1 - Giosuè, P A1 - Greco, C A1 - Latorre, V A1 - Leuci, E A1 - Malagamba, D A1 - Maone, A A1 - Marina, M A1 - Maurizi, A A1 - Monzani, E A1 - Placenti, R A1 - Rancati, L A1 - Rippa, A A1 - Rovera, C A1 - Silva, A A1 - Tura, G A1 - Zanolini, S KW - Schizophrenia KW - Residential facilities KW - Recovery KW - Quality of care KW - Quality of life KW - Functioning N2 - BACKGROUND: Recovery and human rights promotion for people with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSDs) is fundamental to provide good care in Residential Facilities (RFs). However, there is a concern about rehabilitation ethos in RFs. This study aimed to investigate the care quality of Italian RFs, the quality of life (QoL) and care experience of residents with SSD. METHODS: Fourty-eight RFs were assessed using a quality assessment tool (QuIRC-SA) and 161 residents with SSD were enrolled. Seventeen RFs provided high intensity rehabilitation (SRP1), 15 medium intensity (SRP2), and 16 medium-low level support (SRP3). Staff-rated tools measured psychiatric symptoms and psychosocial functioning; user-rated tools assessed QoL and satisfaction with services. RFs comparisons were made using ANOVA and Chi-squared. RESULTS: Over two-thirds patients (41.5 y.o., SD 9.7) were male. Seventy-six were recruited from SRP1 services, 48 from SRP2, and 27 from SRP3. The lowest QuIRC-SA scoring was Recovery Based Practice (45.8%), and the highest was promotion of Human Rights (58.4%). SRP2 had the lowest QuIRC-SA ratings and SRP3 the highest. Residents had similar psychopathology (p = 0.140) and functioning (p = 0.537). SRP3 residents were more employed (18.9%) than SRP1 (7.9%) or SRP2 (2.2%) ones, and had less severe negative symptoms (p = 0.016) and better QoL (p = 0.020) than SRP2 residents. There were no differences in the RF therapeutic milieu and their satisfaction with care. CONCLUSIONS: Residents of the lowest supported RFs in Italy had less severe negative symptoms, better QoL and more employment than others. The lowest ratings for Recovery Based Practice across all RFs suggest more work is needed to improve recovery. JF - BMC Psychiatry VL - 22 PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC ID - discovery10161324 UR - http://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04344-w Y1 - 2022/11/18/ TI - Quality of residential facilities in Italy: satisfaction and quality of life of residents with schizophrenia spectrum disorders N1 - This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. ER -