The Post-Discharge Network Coordination Programme (PDNC-P): A randomised controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention aimed at reducing rehospitalisations and improving mental health
Michael Pascal Hengartner; Silvia ePassalacqua; Gisela eHeim; Andreas eAndreae; Wulf eRössler; Wulf eRössler; Agnes eVon Wyl · 2016 · Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of a post-discharge intervention for psychiatric inpatients aimed at preventing hospital readmissions and at improving patients’ mental health and psychosocial functioning. Methods: RCT using parallel group block randomisation including 151 patients with ≤3 hospitalisations within the last three years, a GAF score ≤60, and aged 18–64 years, assessed at two psychiatric hospitals from the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, between September 2011 and February 2014. Primary outcomes were rate and duration of rehospitalisation; secondary outcomes were mental health and
Abstract by Michael Pascal Hengartner; Silvia ePassalacqua; Gisela eHeim; Andreas eAndreae; Wulf eRössler; Wulf eRössler; Agnes eVon Wyl, Frontiers in Psychiatry (2016) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: DOAJ · DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00027