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- Title
Verweildauer in der stationären Depressionsbehandlung.
- Authors
Hölzel, L.P.; Bermejo, I.; Kriston, L.; Wolff, A.; Kornacher, J.; Harter, C.; Büttig, S.; Sacher, E.; Härter, M.
- Abstract
Background: Patients with depression are treated for a relatively long period as inpatients in Germany. A new treatment model with symptom-orientated release management, post-hospitalization treatment and standardized referral to outpatient therapists could be suitable to specifically shorten the hospital stay of patients who have already profited sufficiently from treatment. Materials and methods: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of a new treatment method (intervention group) with hospitalized depressive patients in comparison to a standard protocol (treatment-as-usual control group) on the length of stay as part of a pragmatic randomized, controlled multicentre study. The evaluation was made using covariance analysis. Results: Of the 202 randomized patients 184 could be included in the analysis. The estimated marginal mean of the length of stay (n = 83) was 57.3 days (range 1-305 days, SE = 3.8) in the intervention group and (n = 101) 57.6 days (range: 6-196 days, SE = 3.5) in the control group. There were no significant statistical differences between the groups (p = 0.966). Conclusions: An effect of the new treatment model on the inpatient length of hospital stay in depressive patients could not be demonstrated.
- Subjects
LENGTH of stay in hospitals; INPATIENT care; MENTAL depression; THERAPEUTICS; DEPRESSED persons; ANALYSIS of covariance
- Publication
Der Nervenarzt, 2014, Vol 85, Issue 3, p344
- ISSN
0028-2804
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00115-012-3723-2