Outcome monitoring and outcome management in inpatient psychiatric care (Ergebnis-Monitoring und Ergebnis-Management in der stationären psychiatrischen Versorgung)

ISRCTN ISRCTN93197945
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN93197945
Secondary identifying numbers 01 GL 0504
Submission date
05/08/2005
Registration date
15/08/2005
Last edited
15/09/2009
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Prof Thomas Becker
Scientific

University of Ulm
Department of Psychiatry II
Ludwig-Heilmeyer-Str. 2
Guenzburg
D-89312
Germany

Phone +49 (0)8221 96 2001
Email t.becker@bkh-guenzburg.de

Study information

Study designRandomised controlled trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designSingle-centre
Study setting(s)Hospital
Study typeTreatment
Scientific title
Study acronymEMM
Study objectivesTo examine whether continuous monitoring and management of outcome (EMM) improves the quality of inpatient psychiatric care and contributes to an adaptive allocation of treatment resources. Hypotheses are that EMM:
1. Leads to a short and medium-term improvement of the clinical treatment outcome
2. Is cost effective because of a reduction of length of stay (LOS) and decrease of subsequent treatment costs
3. Is feasible i.e. can also be used with severely impaired patients
4. Causes higher clinician and patient satisfaction with treatment
Ethics approval(s)Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedSevere mental disorder
InterventionOutcome monitoring and management (intervention group) versus outcome monitoring (control group)
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measureIndependent rating of treatment outcome (psychological impairment)
Secondary outcome measuresa. Patient and clinician rating of outcome
b. Costs for utilisation of health care services (from health insurance files and patient information)
c. Patient and clinician satisfaction
Overall study start date01/09/2005
Completion date01/07/2007

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
Lower age limit18 Years
Upper age limit65 Years
SexBoth
Target number of participants294
Key inclusion criteriaPatients at the age of 18 to 65 years admitted to a large psychiatric hospital in rural Bavaria ('Bezirkskrankenhaus Guenzburg')
Key exclusion criteriaPrimary diagnosis of substance disorder, organic brain disorder, or dementia; insufficient knowledge of the German language, limited reading and/or writing abilities.
Date of first enrolment01/09/2005
Date of final enrolment01/07/2007

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Germany

Study participating centre

University of Ulm
Guenzburg
D-89312
Germany

Sponsor information

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Project Management by the German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Government

German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Health Research
Heinrich-Konen-Str. 1
Bonn
53227
Germany

Phone +49 (0)228 3821 0
Email gesundheitsforschung@dlr.de
Website http://www.bmbf.de
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Funders

Funder type

Government

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan