Status:
RECRUITING
Reducing Early Readmission to an Acute Psychiatric Unit
Lead Sponsor:
Fundación Pública Andaluza para la Investigación de Málaga en Biomedicina y Salud
Conditions:
Readmission
Mental Health Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Early readmission to psychiatric units poses a significant challenge for both patients with mental health issues and healthcare institutions. It hampers patient progress and prognosis, and the profess...
Detailed Description
The aim of this study is, firstly, to create a tool for assessing the risk of early readmission that allows for stratification of admitted patients according to their risk level, based on the analysis...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All hospital admission episodes at MHHU during the 12 months following the implementation of the Discharge Transition Intervention Program will be considered.
- The experimental group, to which the Discharge Transition Intervention Program will be applied, will consist of users whose Community Mental Health Units (CMHU) are affiliated with the Regional Hospital of Málaga.
Exclusion
- • Users belonging to other hospitals in the province will be excluded from the intervention program and will form part of the control group.
- Post-Discharge Group Psychotherapy Support Recovery has its own eligibility criteria:
- Inclusion criteria:
- Be of legal age.
- Speak spanish fluently.
- Have had recent admission to the MHHU of the Regional Hospital of Málaga and a score considered as "High Risk" on the Early Rehospitalization Risk Scale or have experienced an early rehospitalization.
- Belong to the Clinical Management Unit of Mental Health of the RUH of Málaga.
- Have sufficient cognitive capacity to understand the rules and contents of the group intervention.
- Exclusion criteria:
- Individuals whose primary diagnosis is a Mental and Behavioral Disorder due to psychoactive substance use.
- Moderate or severe intellectual disability.
- Clinical Management Unit belonging to a hospital other than the RUH of Málaga.
- Lack of commitment to attending sessions or complying with group rules.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2023
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
March 30 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
836 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06604780
Start Date
January 1 2023
End Date
March 30 2025
Last Update
September 20 2024
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Vera Carbonell Aranda
Málaga, Spain, 29009