An investigation of the frequency of social communication problems among adults admitted to acute mental health wards

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Psychiatric disorder requiring hospitalisation; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN27739943
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Leicester

Brief Summary

2019 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31874885/ protocol (added 05/11/2020)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-06-10
• Study Completion: 2021-06-30
• Last Update Posted: 21 February 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

1. 18 to 65 years of age (on the date of psychiatric hospital admission)
2. Being or having been a psychiatric inpatient on an acute mental health ward
3. Understand written and/or verbal English

Exclusion Criteria

1. Clinical diagnosis of dementia
2. Patients lacking capacity will be excluded if they become distressed by the assessment process (at any point) or if their guardians are not in agreement with them remaining in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified