Minimum numbers of psychiatric beds and the importance of contextual factors: a Delphi process

Minimum numbers of psychiatric beds and the importance of contextual factors: a study protocol to reach expert consensus using a Delphi process

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN10786216

Enrollment

Registered

2020-09-12

Start date

2020-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-02-07

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Conditions

Mental health resources Mental and Behavioural Disorders Mental health resources, psychiatric bed numbers

Interventions

Structured, sequential questioning with controlled feedback of Delphi method will be used in this study. A Scientific Advisory Board that unifies and conducts the procedures (survey design and adminis

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Survey respondents are proposed by members of a Scientific Advisory Board, built for the purposes of this study and comprised by experts on mental health resources research who are one of the following: 1.1. Mental health researchers with participation in scientific articles of international journals related to the availability of mental health resources 1.2. Mental health managers at a local (institutional) or regional/national administration level 1.3. Mental health professionals from different disciplines (i.e. psychiatrists, health professionals, psychologists, mental health nurses, etc)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Not proposed by any member of the Scientific Advisory Board

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Minimum requirement of psychiatric beds per 100,000 inhabitants for the optimal functioning of a balanced mental health system measured by expert consensus collected as anonymous sequential and structured responses to questionnaires and surveys at 0 and 2 months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Optimum requirement and shortage levels of psychiatric beds per 100,000 inhabitants for the optimal functioning of a balanced mental health system measured by expert consensus collected as anonymous sequential and structured responses to questionnaires and surveys at 0 and 2 months 2. Established contextual factors for local and regional recommendations on psychiatric bed numbers measured by expert consensus collected as anonymous sequential and structured responses to questionnaires and surveys at 0 and 2 months	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Optimum requirement and shortage levels of psychiatric beds per 100,000 inhabitants for the optimal functioning of a balanced mental health system measured by expert consensus collected as anonymous sequential and structured responses to questionnaires and surveys at 0 and 2 months 2. Established contextual factors for local and regional recommendations on psychiatric bed numbers measured by expert consensus collected as anonymous sequential and structured responses to questionnaires and surveys at 0 and 2 months

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Countries

Chile

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026