Erfassung der therapieergebnisse im rahmen der qualitatssicherung in einer psychiatrischen klinik. Ein erfahrungsbericht

Translated title of the contribution: A quality-assurance program assessing the outcome of psychiatric inpatients. First results of an evaluation study

T. Wetterling*, K. Junghanns, H. Müßigbrodt, H. J. Freyberger, H. Dilling

*Corresponding author for this work
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Abstract

A recent modification of German law requires quality assurance of in patient treatment, i.e., of the quality of therapy, allowing comparison of different hospitals. In this paper a program developed to assess the outcome by means of international, frequently applied psychopathometric scales is presented. This program was evaluated in a study of 258 psychiatric inpatients. This study emphasized the identification of patients with long- term hospitalization and/or worse outcome. A concept to disclose these so- called 'problematic' patients by means of easily administered scales like the SCL90-R, GAF and WHO-Disability-Diagnostic-Scale (DDS) has been developed. Patients with a very long hospital stay (>70 days) show a higher number and more severe symptoms in the self-rating (SCL90-R) at admission than the subjects with a short hospital stay. This pilot study demonstrated that a routine outcome analysis can be used for quality management in psychiatry.

Translated title of the contributionA quality-assurance program assessing the outcome of psychiatric inpatients. First results of an evaluation study
Original languageGerman
JournalNervenarzt
Volume68
Issue number9
Pages (from-to)742-751
Number of pages10
ISSN0028-2804
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 09.1997

Research Areas and Centers

  • Academic Focus: Center for Brain, Behavior and Metabolism (CBBM)

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