IBS admission as an outcome. Factors predicting the probability of patients qualifying for compulsory emergency admission
Year: 2012
Type: dissertation
Abstract: CHAPTER 1 were ultimately based.The major effort they put into this also indicated their awareness of the importance of a scientific appraisal of the outcome of their day-to-day work with the patients.In doing so, they courageously agreed to put themselves, and the results of their work, on show, demonstrating their professionalism and compelling respect. The Amsterdam Study of Acute Psychiatry: research questions, hypotheses and a guide to this thesisThis thesis provides answers to the main questions underlying the first phase of the Amsterdam Study of Acute Psychiatry (ASAP).The aim of the ASAP study is to establish a picture of the variables that determine the probability of IBS admissions for crisis patients with psychiatric illnesses.More particularly, we aim to establish a better picture of the relationship between the incidence of IBS admissions on the one hand and prior psychiatric history, the cause of the psychiatric disorder, the patient's social circumstances and patient opinions and experiences on the other.The ultimate objective of the ASAP study is to identify specific patient-related and care-related factors that can be tackled through changes in treatment programmes, reducing the number of compulsory admissions.Chapter 2 contains a description of the ASAP study as a whole, as it was established in 2004.Chapters 3 through 7, which all correspond to a number of publications in international journals, address the following research areas.An indication is given of which issues are addressed in which chapter or chapters.The six research areas are followed by eleven hypotheses that focus on specific subsidiary areas.Chapter 8, General Discussion, formulates the answers to the questions and discusses the results of the assessment of the hypotheses.That chapter also takes an extensive look at the clinical relevance of the findings and makes suggestions for subsequent research. The general aim of our study and six research questionsAt first it has to be emphasized that it is not the aim of our study to develop a complete prediction model of the incidence of IBS admissions.The aim of the ASAP study is to establish a picture of the variables that determine the probability of IBS admissions for crisis patients with psychiatric illnesses.More particularly, we aimed to establish a better picture of the relationship between the incidence of IBS admissions on the one hand and prior psychiatric history, the course of the psychiatric disorder, the patient's social circumstances and patient opinions and experiences on the other.The ultimate objective is to identify patient-related and care-related factors that can be tackled through changes in treatment programmes, reducing the number of compulsory admissions.Six research questions:1. What changes have there been in the last 25 years in Public Mental Health Care and emergency psychiatry in Amsterdam?Did those changes affect the probability of patients
Author: Louk F. M. van der Post
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2103466518