An exploration of variations in community treatment orders across Australia: A retrospective cohort study of prevalence

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Mental health; Severe mental illness; Mental Health - Depression; Mental Health - Other mental health disorders; Mental Health - Psychosis and personality disorders; Mental Health - Schizophrenia; Public Health - Epidemiology; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12624000153516
• Lead Sponsor: HMRC

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2024-02-16
• Last Update Posted: 27 February 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 276000

Inclusion Criteria

All patients aged 18 years or older (as of 01/01/2018) who had a new or existing CTO between 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2018, as identified in each states’ community mental health dataset (QLD = CIMHA, NSW = NSW Mental Health Ambulatory Data Collection, VIC = CMI/ODS, SA = CBIS) who were on a CTO.

Exclusion Criteria

None.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Differences between health districts with high and low use of CTOs in terms of the number of people on CTOs.[All individuals over the age of 18 years identified in each states’ community mental health dataset (QLD = Consumer Integrated Mental Health and Addiction [CIMHA], NSW = NSW Mental Health Ambulatory Data Collection, VIC = Client Management Interface/Operational Data Store [CMI/ODS], SA = Community Based Information System [CBIS]) who were on a CTO. Between 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2018.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Differences between health districts with high and low use of CTOs in terms of the duration of CTOs.[All individuals over the age of 18 years identified in each states’ community mental health dataset (QLD = CIMHA, NSW = NSW Mental Health Ambulatory Data Collection, VIC = CMI/ODS, SA = CBIS) who were on a CTO. Between 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2018.];Differences between health districts with high and low use of CTOs in terms of the sociodemographic and clinical profiles of people on CTOs.[All individuals over the age of 18 years identified in each states’ community mental health dataset (QLD = CIMHA, NSW = NSW Mental Health Ambulatory Data Collection, VIC = CMI/ODS, SA = CBIS) who were on a CTO. Between 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2018.]