Puschner, Bernd and Steffen, Sabine and Gaebel, Wolfgang and Freyberger, Harald and Klein, Helmfried E. and Steinert, Tilman and Muche, Rainer and Becker, Thomas (2008) Needs-oriented discharge planning and monitoring for high utilisers of psychiatric services (NODPAM): Design and methods. BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH, 8: 152. ISSN 1472-6963,
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Background: Attempts to reduce high utilisation of psychiatric inpatient care by targeting the critical time of hospital discharge have been rare. Methods: This paper presents design and methods of the study "Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Needs-Oriented Discharge Planning and Monitoring for High Utilisers of Psychiatric Services" (NODPAM), a multicentre RCT conducted in five psychiatric hospitals in Germany. Inclusion criteria are receipt of inpatient psychiatric care, adult age, diagnosis of schizophrenia or affective disorder, defined high utilisation of psychiatric care during two years prior to the current admission, and given informed consent. Consecutive recruitment started in April 2006. Since then, during a period of 18 months, comprehensive outcome data of 490 participants is being collected at baseline and during three follow-up measurement points. The manualised intervention applies principles of needs-led care and focuses on the inpatient-outpatient transition. A trained intervention worker provides two intervention sessions: (a) Discharge planning: Just before discharge with the patient and responsible clinician at the inpatient service; (b) Monitoring: Three months after discharge with the patient and outpatient clinician. A written treatment plan is signed by all participants after each session. Primary endpoints are whether participants in the intervention group will show fewer hospital days and readmissions to hospital. Secondary endpoints are better compliance with aftercare, better clinical outcome and quality of life, as well as cost-effectiveness and cost-utility. Discussion: If a needs-oriented discharge planning and monitoring proves to be successful in this RCT, a tool will be at hand to improve patient outcome and reduce costs via harmonising fragmented mental health service provision. Trial Registration: ISRCTN59603527.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | QUALITY-OF-LIFE; HEAVY USERS; INPATIENT SERVICES; CARE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SATISFACTION; PEOPLE; SAMPLE; IMPACT; COSTS; |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Oct 2020 07:54 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Oct 2020 07:54 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/30610 |
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