PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION AND LONG-TERM RE-HOSPITALIZATION RATES - FINDINGS OF 2 RESEARCH STUDIES
PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION AND LONG-TERM RE-HOSPITALIZATION RATES - FINDINGS OF 2 RESEARCH STUDIES
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DOI:
10.1093/schbul/4.4.622
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
6.6
通讯作者:
ROSSMAN, E
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作者:
BEARD, JH;MALAMUD, TJ;ROSSMAN, E
This article examines three issues in the field of psychiatric rehabilitation:(1) To what extent do psychiatric patients who seek rehabilitation services following hospitalization actually participate in such services?(2) Can" reaching-out" techniques facilitate client participation in rehabilitation services?(3) What relationship, if any, exists between client participation and longterm patterns of rehospitalization? The findings of two controlled research studies conducted at Fountain House relate to the three questions raised above and are the data base for this report. The first study, initiated in 1959, provides 9 years of followup data on 333 research subjects. For the second study, initiated in 1964, 5 years of followup on 74 subjects are available. Experimental subjects had Fountain House services available, while controls did not. Additionally, experimental subgroups received systematic reachingout services: home visits, telephone or letter contact. Study II findings essentially replicated study I. Followup was 96-97 percent complete. Three quarters of controls were rehospitalized within 5 years. Experimental subjects receiving reaching-out services for 2 years had significantly lower rehospitalization rates for the first 5 years in study I and the first 2 years in study II. Rehospitalizations were delayed, not prevented. Study I experimentals receiving 2 years of reaching-out services spent twice as long in the community before rehospitalization and 40 percent fewer days in the hospital than controls. Study II experimental subjects were in the community almost three times longer than controls before rehospitalization. Half of study I experimental subjects attended less than 10 times. Experimental subjects receiving reaching-out services attended twice as often as those not receiving reaching-out services. Low or nonattending experimentals had almost identical relapse rates (77 percent) as controls (74 percent), while, of experimentals having 100 or more visits, 37 percent were rehospitalized.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)