Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Stefan Priebe
ORCID ID
Contact details
St Bartholomew's & Royal London School of Medicine
Unit for Social & Community Psychiatry
East Ham Memorial Hospital
Shrewsbury Road
London
E7 8QR
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 8586 5272
S.Priebe@qmw.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0146078743
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Is day hospital care more effective than inpatient care for acute psychiatric patients?
Ethics approval
The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the East London Health Authority.
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Non-organic psychiatric disorder
Intervention
Patients were randomised to:
1. Day hospital treatment
2. Conventional wards
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Client Service Receipt Inventory (CSRI)
2. Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)
3. Health of the Nation Outcome Scale (HONOS)
4. Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life (MANSA)
5. Aitkin scale
6. Client's Assessment of Treatment Scale (CAT)
Secondary outcome measures
No secondary outcome measures
Overall trial start date
01/08/2000
Overall trial end date
16/08/2003
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Aged between 18 to 65 years
2. Non-organic psychiatric disorder other than all forms of addiction
3. Need of acute and intensive psychiatric treatment in hospital or day hospital
4. No absolute indication for in-patient treatment (treatment under the Mental Health Act, severe risk to themselves or others requiring supervision on a ward)
5. Not homeless or without social support
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
240
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Compulsory admission
2. Homelessness
3. Organic brain disorder
4. A primary diagnosis of an addictive disorder
5. Inability to give informed consent
Recruitment start date
01/08/2000
Recruitment end date
16/08/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
St Bartholomew's & Royal London School of Medicine
London
E7 8QR
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
East London and The City Mental Health NHS Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
Results for RCT: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16507966
Publication citations
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Results for RCT
Priebe S, Jones G, McCabe R, Briscoe J, Wright D, Sleed M, Beecham J, Effectiveness and costs of acute day hospital treatment compared with conventional in-patient care: randomised controlled trial., Br J Psychiatry, 2006, 188, 243-249, doi: 10.1192/bjp.188.3.243.