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Published in: BMC Health Services Research 1/2016

Open Access 01-12-2016 | Research article

Short time effect of a self-referral to inpatient treatment for patients with severe mental disorders: a randomized controlled trial

Authors: Inger Elise Opheim Moljord, Kristel Antine Helland-Hansen, Øyvind Salvesen, Turid Møller Olsø, Camilla Buch Gudde, Marit By Rise, Aslak Steinsbekk, Lasse Eriksen

Published in: BMC Health Services Research | Issue 1/2016

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Abstract

Background

Service user participation is a central principle in mental healthcare, and the opportunity to self-refer to inpatient treatment is used to increase service user involvement and activation. The aim of this study was to investigate the short-term effect of a self-referral system in an inpatient rehabilitation unit at a community mental health center on patient activation and recovery in individuals with severe mental disorders.

Methods

A randomized controlled study including 53 patients (41 % females, mean age 40 years). Twenty-six patients in the intervention group were given a contract for self-referral to inpatient treatment, limited to maximum 5 days and a quarantine time of 14 days between each stay. The control group (27 participants) received treatment as usual, and was offered the intervention after 1 year. The Patient Activation Measure was the primary outcome and secondary outcome was the Recovery Assessment Scale. Mixed models were used to assess group differences.

Results

During the 4 months period, 15 (58 %) of 26 participants in the intervention group used the contract of self-referral to inpatient treatment. The intervention group had more admissions than the control group but both groups had a similar total use of inpatient days and out-patient consultations. The self-referral to inpatient treatment counted for 11 % of all inpatient days for the intervention group. There were no significant differences in the outcome between the groups on patient activation (estimated mean difference 2.7, 95 % confidence interval = −5.5 to 10.8, p = 0.52) or recovery (estimated mean difference 0.01, 95 % confidence interval = −0.3 to 0.3, p = 0.92).

Conclusions

Giving persons with severe mental disorders the possibility to self-refer to inpatient treatment did not change their level of patient activation and recovery after 4 months and did not lead to increased use of health services. The cost-effectiveness and long-term effect of self-referral to inpatient treatment should be investigated further.

Trial registration

NCT01133587, clinicaltrials.gov.
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Metadata
Title
Short time effect of a self-referral to inpatient treatment for patients with severe mental disorders: a randomized controlled trial
Authors
Inger Elise Opheim Moljord
Kristel Antine Helland-Hansen
Øyvind Salvesen
Turid Møller Olsø
Camilla Buch Gudde
Marit By Rise
Aslak Steinsbekk
Lasse Eriksen
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Health Services Research / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1712-z

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