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Patients prefer a continuity model of inpatient psychiatric consultant care: a patient survey in the Louth Mental Health Service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2018

S. Khan ,
M. Kashif ,
L. Wilson ,
M. McCauley  and
E. Roche
S. Khan
Affiliation:
Drogheda Department of Psychiatry, Louth Mental Health Service, Louth, Ireland
M. Kashif
Affiliation:
Drogheda Department of Psychiatry, Louth Mental Health Service, Louth, Ireland
L. Wilson
Affiliation:
Drogheda Department of Psychiatry, Louth Mental Health Service, Louth, Ireland
M. McCauley
Affiliation:
Drogheda Department of Psychiatry, Louth Mental Health Service, Louth, Ireland Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
E. Roche*
Affiliation:
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
*
*Address for correspondence: E. Roche, MB, BCh, BAO, BMedSci, MRCPI, MRCPsych, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont Road, Dublin 9, Ireland. (Email: eric.bruce.roche@gmail.com)
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Abstract

Objectives

The objective of the paper was to survey patients’ preference in relation to a continuity, or split, model of inpatient consultant care in the Louth Mental Health Service.

Methods

A written survey was administered to all patients attending the Louth Mental Health Service over a 2-week period. Participants were asked for their preferred model of care and clinical information was obtained from their clinical notes.

Results

In total, 149 patients completed the survey questionnaire and 103 respondents (69%) indicated a preference for a continuity model of inpatient consultant psychiatric care. There was a trend for those who reported a past experience of inpatient hospitalisation to indicate a preference for the continuity model (76% v. 61%, respectively, χ2 3.67, p=0.056).

Conclusions

Patients indicate a preference for a continuity model of inpatient psychiatric care and this is important to consider in service planning. More research is needed to evaluate if any model of consultant care is associated with better patient outcomes.

Keywords

Inpatient psychiatric caremodels of carepatient preference
Type
Short Report
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , March 2020 , pp. 39 - 42
Copyright
© College of Psychiatrists of Ireland 2018

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