An exploration of variations in community treatment orders across Australia: A retrospective case-control study of incidence

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: ACTRN12624000152527
• 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

Exposure group: all patients aged 18 years or older (as of 01/01/2018) who were (i) discharged from inpatient psychiatric hospital stays (based on ICD-10-AM codes F00-F99) between 01/01/2018 – 31/12/2022; (ii) placed on a CTO at discharge (specifically, we are only interested in their first placement on CTO at discharge during this period i.e., the index date); and (iii) who continued their treatment in a community mental health service within 30 days of their hospital discharge.

Comparator group: all patients aged 18 years or older (as of 01/01/2018) who were (i) discharged from inpatient psychiatric hospital stays (based on ICD-10-AM codes F00-F99) between 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2022; and (ii) who voluntarily continued their treatment in a community mental health service within 30 days of their hospital discharge.

Exclusion Criteria

None.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified