Preventing compulsory admission to psychiatric inpatient care through psycho-education and crisis focused monitoring

Preventing compulsory admission to psychiatric inpatient care through psycho-education and crisis focused monitoring: a randomised controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN63162737

Enrollment

400

Registered

2011-09-06

Start date

2010-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-02-11

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Conditions

Severe mental illness Mental and Behavioural Disorders Mental and behavioural disorders

Interventions

1. A programme of individualised psycho-educational instruction focusing on behaviours prior to and during a illness related crisis 2. The distribution of an individualised crisis card

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. People with mental disorder in psychiatric inpatient treatment who have been compulsorily admitted to psychiatry at least once during the past 24 months 2. Aged 18-65 years at admission 3. Are residing in the Canton of Zurich 4. Have sufficient language skills to give meaningful information on study instruments 5. Are willing and able to consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who cannot be contacted by telephone (no telephone or mobile phone available) 2. Main diagnosis of organic mental disorder International Classfication of Diseases (ICD-10 F0), mental retardation (ICD-10 F7), behavioural syndromes associated with physical factors (ICD-10 F5), developmental or behavioural disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence (ICD-10 F8-F9)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Number and length of compulsory inpatient episodes in a psychiatric hospital during the follow-up (t0 ? t2). This outcome criterion will be analysed in terms of both "time in hospital" and "health care costs" (measured using the Sociodemographic and Service Receipt Inventory CSSRI-EU: number and length of voluntary and involuntary psychiatric inpatient episodes; frequency and length of stays in forensic facilities, frequency of use of outpatient psychiatric care and of other services during follow-up) 1.1. All major endpoints and outcomes of the study will be compared between the intervention and the control group. The group comparability will be tested by control variables (age, sex, length of illness, severity of illness, social support).	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Number and length of compulsory inpatient episodes in a psychiatric hospital during the follow-up (t0 ? t2). This outcome criterion will be analysed in terms of both "time in hospital" and "health care costs" (measured using the Sociodemographic and Service Receipt Inventory CSSRI-EU: number and length of voluntary and involuntary psychiatric inpatient episodes; frequency and length of stays in forensic facilities, frequency of use of outpatient psychiatric care and of other services during follow-up) 1.1. All major endpoints and outcomes of the study will be compared between the intervention and the control group. The group comparability will be tested by control variables (age, sex, length of illness, severity of illness, social support).

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Treatment satisfaction [baseline (t0) ? end of intervention (t2)], Client Satisfaction Questionnaire CSQ-8 2. Level of empowerment (t0 ? t2; Empowerment-Scale) 3. Internalised Stigma (t0 ? t2; Internalised Stigma of Mental Illness Inventory)	—

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

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