Psychiatric Day Hospital Treatment

Status:

COMPLETED

Psychiatric Day Hospital Treatment

Lead Sponsor:

Technische Universität Dresden

Conditions:

Depressive Disorders

Schizophrenia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

Brief Summary

The aim of the study was to compare the effectiveness of acute psychiatric day care to conventional inpatient care within a cross-national multi-site randomised controlled trial.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Patients must have presented with a mental disorder with current symptoms that had either led to at least a moderate disturbance in performance in more than one area of daily living or had jeopardized the residential, financial or occupational status of the patient or his family
Treatments other than inpatient or day hospital care must have been inadequate or not sufficiently effective for the patient's current mental state

Exclusion

Temporary admission for diagnostic purposes or for other reasons
Under 18 or over 65 years
Admission without consent of the patient (according to country-specific legal regulations)
One-way journey to hospital longer than 60 minutes
Suicidal risk
Risk to others
Degree of severity of the disorder requires measures restrictive of the patient's freedom on the day of admission, or a 1:1 supervision, or deems such probable
Acute intoxication
Main clinical diagnosis: addictive disorder
Presence of a somatic disorder requiring inpatient care
Direct transfer from a different hospital
Homelessness
Need for constant pick-up and delivery service
Inability to give informed consent with respect to participating in the study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00153959

Last Update

September 12 2005

Active Locations (5)

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Department of Psychiatry, First Medical Faculty, Charles University of Prague

Prague, Czechia, 12801

Department of Psychiatry at Dresden University of Technology

Dresden, Saxony, Germany, 01304

Department of Psychiatry, Wroclaw University of Medicine

Wroclaw, Poland, 50-367