Effects of Community Mobile Team Intervention in the Drewnica Hospital Catchment Area. 1. Patient Outcome

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ID19272175
AuthorsElzbieta Slupczynska-Kossobudzka (Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology), Ludmila Boguszewska (Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology)
Year1999
Volume45
Issue3
Pages207-215
Publication date1999-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Social Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7640 • E-ISSN: 1741-2854
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/002076409904500308
PMID10576087
OpenAlexW2042382733
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

This study measured social functioning, treatment satisfaction and hospital utilization of 88 patients with chronic psychoses before and after a 1-year community mobile team programme, following most of the principles of assertive community treatment. The intervention had a positive impact in all measures. A clinically significant improvement of social functioning, as measured by Birchwood's Social Functioning Scale, was noted in 56% of patients, and 81% of subjects showed a clinically significant increase in satisfaction level. Time hospitalized decreased fourfold and number of admissions decreased twofold. To be certain that the changes found were due to the intervention and not other factors, further prospective studies of mobile community teams versus traditional care are indicated

Assertive community treatment · Assertiveness · Catchment area · Community hospital · Intervention (counseling) · Mental health · Patient satisfaction · Physical therapy · Prospective cohort study · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Scale (ratio) · Social functioning · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Nursing · Psychiatric care and mental health services · Psychology · Schizophrenia research and treatment

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