The role of perceived social support after psychiatric hospitalisation : post hoc analysis of a randomised controlled trial testing the effectiveness of a transitional intervention

Hengartner, Michael Pascal; Passalacqua, Silvia; Andreae, Andreas; Rössler, Wulf; von Wyl, Agnes

doi:10.1177/0020764017700664

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	The role of perceived social support after psychiatric hospitalisation : post hoc analysis of a randomised controlled trial testing the effectiveness of a transitional intervention
Authors:	Hengartner, Michael Pascal Passalacqua, Silvia Andreae, Andreas Rössler, Wulf von Wyl, Agnes
DOI:	10.1177/0020764017700664
Published in:	International Journal of Social Psychiatry
Volume(Issue):	63
Issue:	4
Page(s):	297
Pages to:	306
Issue Date:	2017
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Sage
ISSN:	0020-7640 1741-2854
Language:	English
Subject (DDC):	362.11: Hospitals and related institutions 616.89: Mental disorders, clinical psychology and psychiatry
Abstract:	Background: The association between social support, readmissions and psychopathology following discharge from psychiatric hospitals is not clear. Aims: To examine the prospective effects of perceived social support on rehospitalisation rates and psychopathology and to focus on the moderators of a transitional intervention. Method: This post hoc analysis of a multisite randomised controlled trial included 151 patients with no more than three hospitalisations within the last 3 years, a Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) score ≤60 and aged 18-64 years, assessed at two psychiatric hospitals from Zurich, Switzerland, between September 2011 and February 2014. Participants received either a transitional intervention aimed at improving social support during the transition from inpatient to outpatient care provided by a social worker or treatment as usual. Results: Lack of perceived social support at discharge significantly predicted subsequent rehospitalisation rates and increased psychopathological impairment across 12-month follow-up. Significant interaction effects between patient characteristics and the intervention on perceived social support comprised living at parent’s home, having no children and being of younger age. Conclusion: Perceived social support at discharge from inpatient care may reduce rehospitalisation rates and psychopathological impairment in the long term. A transitional intervention aimed at improving social support may negatively impact on the perceived social support in some patient groups.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/2236
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	Applied Psychology
Organisational Unit:	Psychological Institute (PI)
Published as part of the ZHAW project:	Poststationäre Netzwerkkoordination (ZInEP)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Angewandte Psychologie

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Hengartner, M. P., Passalacqua, S., Andreae, A., Rössler, W., & von Wyl, A. (2017). The role of perceived social support after psychiatric hospitalisation : post hoc analysis of a randomised controlled trial testing the effectiveness of a transitional intervention. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 63(4), 297–306. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764017700664

Hengartner, M.P. et al. (2017) ‘The role of perceived social support after psychiatric hospitalisation : post hoc analysis of a randomised controlled trial testing the effectiveness of a transitional intervention’, International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 63(4), pp. 297–306. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764017700664.

M. P. Hengartner, S. Passalacqua, A. Andreae, W. Rössler, and A. von Wyl, “The role of perceived social support after psychiatric hospitalisation : post hoc analysis of a randomised controlled trial testing the effectiveness of a transitional intervention,” International Journal of Social Psychiatry, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 297–306, 2017, doi: 10.1177/0020764017700664.

HENGARTNER, Michael Pascal, Silvia PASSALACQUA, Andreas ANDREAE, Wulf RÖSSLER und Agnes VON WYL, 2017. The role of perceived social support after psychiatric hospitalisation : post hoc analysis of a randomised controlled trial testing the effectiveness of a transitional intervention. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 2017. Bd. 63, Nr. 4, S. 297–306. DOI 10.1177/0020764017700664

Hengartner, Michael Pascal, Silvia Passalacqua, Andreas Andreae, Wulf Rössler, and Agnes von Wyl. 2017. “The Role of Perceived Social Support after Psychiatric Hospitalisation : Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomised Controlled Trial Testing the Effectiveness of a Transitional Intervention.” International Journal of Social Psychiatry 63 (4): 297–306. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764017700664.

Hengartner, Michael Pascal, et al. “The Role of Perceived Social Support after Psychiatric Hospitalisation : Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomised Controlled Trial Testing the Effectiveness of a Transitional Intervention.” International Journal of Social Psychiatry, vol. 63, no. 4, 2017, pp. 297–306, https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764017700664.