The association between nursing skill mix and outcomes for patients in mental health setting: a feasibility study

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12619001337167

Acronym

MH_SKILLMIX

Enrollment

500

Registered

2019-09-30

Start date

2019-12-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-10-07

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

In this study, we are interested in the effects of mental health nursing on patient outcomes. A mental health nurse has had special training in how to care for people who are mentally unwell. Our study aim is to find out if it is possible to use routine health data to test if there is a link between the amount of mental health nurse care patients get and the chance of them have a relapse after they leave the hospital.

Interventions

Condition observed: Patients admitted to an acute psychiatric ward experiencing a severe mental disorder e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, personality disorder. Exposure: The exposure is a nursing skill mix. In this study, this is defined as the ratio of mental health to registered nurses providing nursing care to included patients. Duration of observation: One year.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. All patients aged at least18 years, diagnosed with any mental health condition and have been admitted in mental health inpatients units for at least 24 hours from 01 January 2017 to 31 December 2018. 2. All nurses who worked in mental health inpatient units across all shifts (morning, afternoon and night) from 01 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.

Exclusion criteria

1.All patients aged below 18 years. 2. All patients not diagnosed with mental disorder

Outcome results