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Natasha Tyler1, Nicola Wright2, Andrew Grundy2
1NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK natasha.tyler@manchester.ac.uk.
Objective:
To develop a core set of outcomes to be used in all future studies into discharge from acute mental health services to increase homogeneity of outcome reporting.
Design:
We used a cross-sectional online survey with qualitative responses to derive a comprehensive list of outcomes, followed by two online Delphi rounds and a face-to-face consensus meeting.
Setting:
The setting the core outcome set applies to is acute adult mental health.
Participants:
Participants were recruited from five stakeholder groups: service users, families and carers, researchers, healthcare professionals and policymakers.
Interventions:
The core outcome set is intended for all interventions that aim to improve discharge from acute mental health services to the community.
Results:
Ninety-three participants in total completed the questionnaire, 69 in Delphi round 1 and 68 in round 2, with relatively even representation of groups. Eleven participants attended the consensus meeting. Service users, healthcare professionals, researchers, carers/families and end-users of research agreed on a four-item core outcome set: readmission, suicide completed, service user-reported psychological distress and quality of life.
Conclusion:
Implementation of the core outcome set in future trials research will provide a framework to achieve standardisation, facilitate selection of outcome measures, allow between-study comparisons and ultimately enhance the relevance of trial or research findings to healthcare professionals, researchers, policymakers and service users.
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