Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof Thomas Becker
ORCID ID
Contact details
University of Ulm
Department of Psychiatry II
Ludwig-Heilmeyer-Str. 2
Guenzburg
D-89312
Germany
+49 (0)8221 96 2001
t.becker@bkh-guenzburg.de
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
01 GL 0504
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
EMM
Study hypothesis
To 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
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Single-centre
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Severe mental disorder
Intervention
Outcome monitoring and management (intervention group) versus outcome monitoring (control group)
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Independent rating of treatment outcome (psychological impairment)
Secondary outcome measures
a. 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 trial start date
01/09/2005
Overall trial end date
01/07/2007
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients at the age of 18 to 65 years admitted to a large psychiatric hospital in rural Bavaria ('Bezirkskrankenhaus Guenzburg')
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
294
Participant exclusion criteria
Primary diagnosis of substance disorder, organic brain disorder, or dementia; insufficient knowledge of the German language, limited reading and/or writing abilities.
Recruitment start date
01/09/2005
Recruitment end date
01/07/2007
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Trial participating centre
University of Ulm
Guenzburg
D-89312
Germany
Sponsor information
Organisation
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Project Management by the German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Sponsor details
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Health Research
Heinrich-Konen-Str. 1
Bonn
53227
Germany
+49 (0)228 3821 0
gesundheitsforschung@dlr.de
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)
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