NCT00225602

Assertive Community Treatment in Copenhagen

Quasi-Experimental Trial of the Effect of Assertive Community Treatment Among Those With Severe Mental Disorder

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 400 (planned)
• Sponsor: Bispebjerg Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of assertive community treatment in Copenhagen in two regions compared with two regions where this treatment was not implemented. The effect on user satisfaction, use of bed days, social network, global assessment of functioning, substance misuse will be evaluated.

Detailed description

In area where assertive community treatment was implemented 100 patients had filled in a form regarding their social situation. They were interviewed after one year and asked about user satisfaction and followed up in Danish registers. Register information was extracted concerning vital status, cause of death, use of psychiatric services and criminal record. The same procedure was carried out for a comparison group, carefully matched, from other regions in Copenhagen, where assertive community treatment was not implemented.

Conditions

• Schizophrenia
• Bipolar Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Assertive Community Treatment
BEHAVIORAL	Treatment in Community Mental Health Center

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-01-01
• Completion: 2006-05-01
• First posted: 2005-09-26
• Last updated: 2005-09-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark