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Modified Assertive Community Treatment: Effectiveness on Hospitalization and Length of Stay.

The objective is to assess the efficacy of a modified Assertive Community treatment (ACT). This is a retrospective cross-sectional study with a comparative group. The study group was patients with schizophrenia who had completed modified ACT, while the control group was those who did not receive mod...

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Published in:Community Mental Health Journal Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 171 - 175
Main Authors: Razali, Salleh, Hashim, Mohd
Format: Report
Published: Springer Nature Feb2015
Subjects:
Malaysia
Schizophrenia
Hospital care
Cross-sectional method
Retrospective studies
Evaluation of human services programs
Length of stay in hospitals
Statistical sampling
Statistics
Data analysis
Mann Whitney U Test
Prevention
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Summary:The objective is to assess the efficacy of a modified Assertive Community treatment (ACT). This is a retrospective cross-sectional study with a comparative group. The study group was patients with schizophrenia who had completed modified ACT, while the control group was those who did not receive modified ACT. The final sample comprises 44 patients in each group. There was no significant difference between both groups in number of admissions and average length of stay. However, in the modified ACT group there was a significant reduction in the number of admissions after the intervention. In conclusion readmission rate was significantly reduced following modified ACT intervention.