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The HOME Study: Statistical and economic analysis plan for a randomised controlled trial comparing the addition of Proactive Psychological Medicine to usual care, with usual care alone, on the  time spent in hospital by older acute hospital inpatients

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Background Prolonged acute hospital stays are a problem for older people and for health services. Failure to effectively manage the psychological and social aspects of illness is an important cause of prolonged hospital stay. Proactive Psychological Medicine (PPM) is a new way of providing psychiatry services to medical wards which is proactive, focussed, intensive and integrated with medical care. The primary aim of PPM is to reduce the time older people spend in hospital because of unmanage...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1186/s13063-020-04256-8

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Division:
MSD
Sub department:
Psychiatry
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0003-1938-1141
Publisher:
BioMed Central
Journal:
Trials More from this journal
Volume:
21
Issue:
1
Article number:
373
Publication date:
2020-05-04
Acceptance date:
2020-03-14
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EISSN:
1745-6215
ISSN:
1745-6215
Pmid:
32366328
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1103864
Local pid:
pubs:1103864
Deposit date:
2020-08-03

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