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