Peer support for discharge from inpatient to community mental health services Study protocol clinical trial (SPIRIT Compliant)

Gillard, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-9686-2232, Bremner, S., Foster, R. , Gibson, S. L., Goldsmith, L., Healey, A., Lucock, M., Marks, J., Morshead, R., Patel, A., Priebe, S., Repper, J., Rinaldi, M., Roberts, S., Simpson, A. ORCID: 0000-0003-3286-9846 & White, S. (2020). Peer support for discharge from inpatient to community mental health services Study protocol clinical trial (SPIRIT Compliant). MEDICINE, 99(10), doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000019192

Abstract

In the period shortly after discharge from inpatient to community mental health care, people are at increased risk of self-harm, suicide, and readmission to hospital. Discharge interventions including peer support have shown potential, and there is some evidence that community-based peer support reduces readmissions. However, systematic reviews of peer support in mental health services indicate poor trial quality and a lack of reporting of how peer support is distinctive from other mental health support. This study is designed to establish the clinical and cost effectiveness of a peer worker intervention to support discharge from inpatient to community mental health care, and to address issues of trial quality and clarity of reporting of peer support interventions.

Publication Type:	Article
Publisher Keywords:	community mental health services, coproduction, cost effectiveness, discharge, inpatient care, peer support, peerworkers, process evaluation, readmission
Subjects:	R Medicine > RT Nursing
Departments:	School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Nursing