Early discharge and Prognostic community Outcomes for Psychiatric inpatients in Japan: A longitudinal study (ePOP-J study)

Conditions

Mental/psychiatric illness

Mai Iwanaga, Sosei Yamaguchi, Momoka Igarashi, Junko Koike, Asami Matsunaga et al. (10 authors)

Scientific Reports2026-06-22

Associations between readmission and patient-reported measures in acute psychiatric inpatients: a multicenter prospective longitudinal study.

Yamaguchi S, Ojio Y, Koike J, Matsunaga A, Ogawa M, Kikuchi A, Kawashima T, Tachimori H, Bernick P, Kimura H, Inagaki A, Watanabe H, Kishi Y, Yoshida K, Hirooka T, Oishi S, Matsuda Y, Fujii C.

2024-08-056 citations

10.1007/s00127-024-02710-5

Associations between readmission and patient-reported measures in acute psychiatric inpatients: a study protocol for a multicenter prospective longitudinal study (the ePOP-J study).

Yamaguchi S, Ojio Y, Koike J, Matsunaga A, Ogawa M, Tachimori H, Kikuchi A, Kimura H, Inagaki A, Watanabe H, Kishi Y, Yoshida K, Hirooka T, Oishi S, Matsuda Y, Fujii C.

2019-06-077 citations

10.1186/s13033-019-0298-3

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with diagnosis of psychiatric disorders who admit to acute psychiatric wards between 1st October, 2018 and 31st March, 2019.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Inpatients with diagnosis of non-psychiatric disorders (e.g. epilepsy) 2) Inpatients,those aged less than 20 years or greater than 60 years 3) Hospitalisation for particular treatment (e.g. ECT, hospitalisation for medical examination, psychiatric testimony) 4) Inpatients who are expected to immediately change the hospital or department 5) Inpatients who are expected to receive psychiatric treatment outside of participating hospitals or their affiliated medical institutions.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Readmission during 12-months follow-up assessment	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Quality of life (EQ-5D-5L) Perception of disabilities Self-agency Length of hospital stay Human relationship Employment Symptom Function Problematic behavior	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactSosei Yamaguchi

National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Department of Community Mental Health & Law, National Institute of Mental Health

sosei.yama@ncnp.go.jp042-346-2039

Outcome results