Reducing readmission rates for individuals discharged from acute psychiatric care in Alberta using peer and text message support: Protocol for an innovative supportive program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Individuals discharged from inpatient psychiatry units have the highest readmission rates of all hospitalized patients. These readmissions are often due to unmet need for mental health care compounded by limited human resources. Reducing the need for hospital admissions by providing alternative effective care will mitigate the strain on the healthcare system and for people with mental illnesses and their relatives. We propose implementation and evaluation of an innovative program which augments Mental Health Peer Support with an evidence-based supportive text messaging program developed using the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy.

Methods

A pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial, where daily supportive text messages (Text4Support) and mental hea

SUBMITTER: Eboreime E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8917368 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature