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Evaluation of moving an acute psychiatric ward from a psychiatric hospital to a general hospital setting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Neil Rothwell ,
Pauline McManus  and
John Higgon
Neil Rothwell*
Affiliation:
Robert Fergusson Unit, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Place, Edinburgh EH10 5HF, formerly St John's Hospital, Livingston
Pauline McManus
Affiliation:
St John's Hospital
John Higgon
Affiliation:
Robert Fergusson Unit
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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This study evaluates the effects of moving an acute psychiatric ward from a psychiatric hospital to a district general hospital. A repeated measures design is used covering the three phases of shortly before and after the move and a follow-up 10 months after the move. Eleven measures were used including daily measures of patient disturbance and staff stress, length of stay, diagnosis and a consumer survey. Overall there was little change from before the move to follow-up. Two second-order variables relating to staff stress did, however, show a clear reduction.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 21 , Issue 10 , October 1997 , pp. 636 - 639
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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