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Predictors of clinical and social outcomes following involuntary hospital admission: a prospective observational study

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The Study aimed to assess clinical and social outcomes following involuntary admissions over 1 year and identify socio-demographic and clinical patient characteristics associated with more or less favourable outcomes. Seven hundred and seventy-eight involuntary patients admitted to one of 22 hospitals in England were assessed within the first week after admission and at 1 month, 3 month and 12 month follow-ups. Outcome criteria were symptom levels, global functioning, objective social outcomes, and subjective quality of life (SQOL). Baseline characteristics and patients’ initial experience were tested as predictors. Symptom levels and global functioning improved moderately. Objective social outcomes showed a small, but statistically significant deterioration, and SQOL a small, but significant improvement at 1 year. In multivariable analyses, admission due to risk to oneself and receiving benefits predicted poorer symptom outcomes. Female gender and higher perceived coercion were associated with better objective social outcomes, whilst higher initial satisfaction with treatment predicted more positive SQOL at follow-ups. Over a 1-year period following involuntary hospital admission, patients on average showed only limited health and social gains. Different types of outcomes are associated with different predictor variables. Patients’ initial experience of treatment, in the form of perceived coercion or satisfaction with treatment, has predictive value for up to a year following the admission.

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Acknowledgments

This study was funded by a grant from the Department of Health, United Kingdom (com. no. 0230072). This work was undertaken by the Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, Barts’ and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, and the views expressed in the publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Department of Health. The funding source had no role in the study design and conduct of the study, data collection, management, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of the report and preparation, review or approval of the manuscript. All authors report no conflicts of interest. The study was supported by the NIHR UK Mental Health Research Network. We are also grateful to all interviewed patients, the supporting staff in all participating organisations, and the research assistants who collected the data.

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  1. Unit for Social & Community Psychiatry, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, Academic Unit, Cherry Tree Lane, Glen Road, London, E13 8SP, UK

    Stefan Priebe, Christina Katsakou & Ksenija Yeeles

  2. Academic Unit of Psychiatry, University of Bristol, Cotham House, Cotham Hill, Bristol, BS6 6JL, UK

    Tim Amos

  3. School of Community Health Sciences, The Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Room B09d, The Sir Colin Campbell Building, Triumph Road, Nottingham, NG7 2TU, UK

    Richard Morriss

  4. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Room 143, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK

    Duolao Wang

  5. Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, Box P077, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK

    Til Wykes

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Priebe, S., Katsakou, C., Yeeles, K. et al. Predictors of clinical and social outcomes following involuntary hospital admission: a prospective observational study. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 261, 377–386 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-010-0179-x

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