Adamus, Christine; Zürcher, Simeon Joel; Richter, Dirk (2022). A mirror-image analysis of psychiatric hospitalisations among people with severe mental illness using Independent Supported Housing. BMC psychiatry, 22(1), p. 492. BioMed Central 10.1186/s12888-022-04133-5
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BACKGROUND
Evidence on the effectiveness of Independent Supported Housing (ISH) for non-homeless people with severe mental illness primarily comes from observational cohort studies, which have high risk of bias due to confounding by time-invariant sample characteristics. The present study proposes an alternative study design known from pharmacology to overcome this bias and strengthen evidence.
METHODS
We conducted a retrospective mirror-image analysis with medical records of 144 ISH service users to assess the effectiveness of ISH in reducing the number and duration of hospitalisations. Outcomes occurring in equal periods before and during ISH utilisation were compared for every ISH user. Differences between the periods were tested with incidence rate ratios (IRR).
RESULTS
Included service users were on average 38.2 years old, female (54%) and predominately had an affective (28.5%) or a schizophrenic or psychotic (22.9%) disorder with ISH utilisation days ranging from 36-960. Fewer admissions (IRR = 0.41, 95%-CI 0.27-0.64) and fewer person-days hospitalised (IRR = 0.38, 95%-CI 0.35-0.41) were observed during ISH utilisation compared to prior to their ISH utilisation. While the reduction in psychiatric admissions may be somewhat confounded by time-variant characteristics, the substantial reduction in hospitalised bed-bays represents at least partially an intervention effect.
CONCLUSIONS
The mirror-image study design allowed for a cost-effective investigation of ISH effectiveness in reducing hospitalisation without confounding by time-invariant sample characteristics. We provide recommendations for the design's application and suggest further research with larger samples.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy 04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychotherapy |
Graduate School: |
Graduate School for Health Sciences (GHS) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Adamus, Christine, Zürcher, Simeon, Richter, Dirk |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1471-244X |
Publisher: |
BioMed Central |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
27 Jul 2022 11:22 |
Last Modified: |
13 Jun 2023 11:28 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1186/s12888-022-04133-5 |
PubMed ID: |
35869456 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Independent Supported Housing Mirror-image study design Psychiatric hospitalisations Severe mental illness |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/171546 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/171546 |
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