The Post-Discharge Network Coordination Programme (PDNC-P): A randomised controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention aimed at reducing rehospitalisations and improving mental health

The Post-Discharge Network Coordination Programme (PDNC-P): A randomised controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention aimed at reducing rehospitalisations and improving mental health

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of a post-discharge intervention for psychiatric inpatients aimed at preventing hospital readmissions and at improving patients’ mental health and psychosocial functioning. Methods: RCT using parallel group block randomisation including 151 patients with ≤3 hospital...

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Main Authors: Michael Pascal Hengartner, Silvia ePassalacqua, Gisela eHeim, Andreas eAndreae, Wulf eRössler, Agnes eVon Wyl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
Case Management
Epidemiology
Psychopathology
Social Work
social psychiatry
randomized controlled trial
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00027/full

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