• Dtsch Arztebl Int · Feb 2023

    Multicenter Study

    Joint Crisis Plans and Crisis Cards in Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment—a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.

    • Jacqueline Rixe, Eva Neumann, Julia Möller, Lina Macdonald, Elisa Wrona, Stefan Bender, Michael Schormann, Georg Juckel, and Martin Driessen.
    • Evangelisches Klinikum Bethel, University Medical Center East Westphalia- Lippe of University Bielefeld; LWL University Hospital Bochum; LVR-Hospital Bonn; Alexius/Josef-Hospital Neuss; LWL-Hospital Marsberg.
    • Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2023 Feb 24; 120 (8): 125132125-132.

    BackgroundJoint Crisis Plans (JCP) and crisis cards (CC) are both instruments designed to improve the management of future psychiatric crisis situations, but they differ, for example, in terms of resource use, legal validity, and aims. International research findings for JCP are inconsistent.MethodsFrom January 2018 to December 2020, a single-blinded, two-armed multicenter RCT was carried out, with assessments at T0 (baseline) and T1 (18 months later). The patients included had schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and were aged between 18 and 62 years. The primary outcome was the cumulative duration of inpatient treatment (voluntary/involuntary), and coercive measures comprised the secondary outcome. Trial registration: DRKS00013985.ResultsOf the 266 study participants, 157 completed the study. In the CC group 57.8% and in the JCP group 64.9% were admitted to psychiatric hospitals between the index treatment and T1 (p = 0.367); 8.4% of the CC group and 12.2% of the JPC group were admitted against their will (p = 0.441). The cumulative treatment duration was not significantly shorter (p = 0.631) in the JPC group (mean 42.43 days, SD = 48.60) than in the CC group (50.16 days, SD = 74.16). Thus, JPCs did not achieve the expected improvement with regard to the primary endpoint. There were also no relevant differences regarding the secondary endpoint. Major effects in favor of the JCP were observed, however, in patients' development of conficence in the treatment teams and in their active participation in the treatment procedure.ConclusionAlthough the study showed no superiority of JCP over CC with regard to the primary and secondary outcomes, JCP should be used more frequently in routine practice as an intervention to support a participative approach to treatment.

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