Psychiatric Day Hospital Treatment

Technische Universität Dresden5 sites in 5 countriesSeptember 12, 2005

ConditionsDepressive Disorders Schizophrenia Anxiety Disorders Personality Disorders Adjustment Disorders

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Depressive Disorders
Sponsor: Technische Universität Dresden
Locations: 5
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 20 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The aim of the study was to compare the effectiveness of acute psychiatric day care to conventional inpatient care within a cross-national multi-site randomised controlled trial.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

September 12, 2005

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

20 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Crossover

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Technische Universität Dresden

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Patients must have presented with a mental disorder with current symptoms that had either led to at least a moderate disturbance in performance in more than one area of daily living or had jeopardized the residential, financial or occupational status of the patient or his family
•Treatments other than inpatient or day hospital care must have been inadequate or not sufficiently effective for the patient's current mental state

Exclusion Criteria

•Temporary admission for diagnostic purposes or for other reasons
•Under 18 or over 65 years
•Admission without consent of the patient (according to country-specific legal regulations)
•One-way journey to hospital longer than 60 minutes
•Suicidal risk
•Risk to others
•Degree of severity of the disorder requires measures restrictive of the patient's freedom on the day of admission, or a 1:1 supervision, or deems such probable
•Acute intoxication
•Main clinical diagnosis: addictive disorder
•Presence of a somatic disorder requiring inpatient care