Aftercare in the Community Health Center

Mental Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

Aftercare in the Community Health Center - a Venue for Identifying and Coordinating Community Services

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01719354
• Other study ID #: 2011/1770
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 30, 2012
• Last updated: February 12, 2017
• Start date: January 2013
• Est. completion date: April 2015

Study information

• Verified date: February 2017
• Source: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a trial to examine the effects of aftercare for mental health patients in community health center (Leistad). Recruitment occurs among hospitalized patients in psychiatric hospitals (Østmarka). After discharge, patients will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: intervention group (community health center, primary care) or control group (Community mental health centers of District Psychiatric Service, specialist care).

The project's primary objective is to investigate the effect of community services on patients' functional capacity and user satisfaction after discharge. Secondly, the number of treatment days and readmissions to mental health care will be examined. The project will also compare costs of hospitalization, in psychiatric hospital and community health center respectively. Data will be collected from community health records, medical records and patient systems in psychiatric hospital, community mental health centers of District Psychiatric Service (DPS) and questionnaires filled out by patients.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 41
• Est. completion date: April 2015
• Est. primary completion date: April 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• considered by the responsible manager to have given consent

• hospitalized, diagnosed and treated such as can be continued in a District Psychiatric Service or a health center.

• stable condition, but anxiety and disruptive behavior may occur to a lesser extent.

• considered to have a perceived need for complex services from specialist health and community for a long time after discharge.

Exclusion Criteria:

• not in a stable phase thus shielding required

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Disorders
• Psychotic Disorders

Intervention

Other:
• Community Health center
Observation of the functioning and coordination of health care before discharge to own home.
• Control
standard aftercare in hospital/mental health centers of District Psychiatric Service (DPS).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics	Trondheim

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Norwegian University of Science and Technology	St. Olavs Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Consumption of community health service	Measure different types of community health services in hours per week.	one year
Primary	Need for community health services	Using IPLOS (Norw. individual-based nursing and care statistics) form with 17 variables to identify patient needs	one year
Primary	User satisfaction	A qualitative analysis of interviews of 10 patients who have been admitted to the District Psychiatric Service and community health center.	one year
Primary	Need for community health services	Using individual-based nursing and care statistics (Norw. IPLOS) form with 17 variables to identify patient needs	one year
Secondary	Number of treatment days	Number of treatment days in hospital and District Psychiatric Service compared with number of treatment days in community health center.	One year
Secondary	Readmission	Readmission in hospital.	One year
Secondary	The total costs of inpatient and total costs of all health care after discharge	Costs per day in hospital; Costs per day for District Psychiatric Service; Costs per day in community health center	One year