Howard, L., Flach, C., Leese, M., Byford, S., Killaspy, H., Cole, Laura ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7194-5616, Lawlor, C., Betts, J., Sharac, J., Cutting, P., McNicholas, S. and Johnson, S. (2010) Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of admissions to women's crisis houses compared with traditional psychiatric wards: pilot patient-preference randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Psychiatry, 197 (53). pp. 32-40. ISSN 0007-1250

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Abstract

Background
Women's crisis houses have been developed in the UK as a less stigmatising and less institutional alternative to traditional psychiatric wards.

Aims
To examine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of women's crisis houses by first examining the feasibility of a pilot patient-preference randomised controlled trial (PP–RCT) design (ISRCTN20804014).

Method
We used a PP–RCT study design to investigate women presenting in crisis needing informal admission. The four study arms were the patient preference arms of women's crisis house or hospital admission, and randomised arms of women's crisis house or hospital admission.

Results
Forty-one women entered the randomised arms of the trial (crisis house n = 19, wards n = 22) and 61 entered the patient-preference arms (crisis house n = 37, ward n = 24). There was no significant difference in outcomes (symptoms, functioning, perceived coercion, stigma, unmet needs or quality of life) or costs for any of the groups (randomised or preference arms), but women who obtained their preferred intervention were more satisfied with treatment.

Conclusions
Although the sample sizes were too small to allow definite conclusions, the results suggest that when services are able to provide interventions preferred by patients, those patients are more likely to be satisfied with treatment. This pilot study provides some evidence that women's crisis houses are as effective as traditional psychiatric wards, and may be more cost-effective.

Item Type:	Article
Identifier:	10.1192/bjp.bp.110.081083
Additional Information:	This article has been published in a revised form in the British Journal of Psychiatry [https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.110.081083]. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution or re-use. Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2010. When citing an Accepted Manuscript, the publisher requests that readers also cite the Version of Record with a DOI link: Howard, L., Flach, C., Leese, M., Byford, S., Killaspy, H., Cole, L., Lawlor, C., Betts, J., Sharac, J., Cutting, P., McNicholas, S. and Johnson, S. (2010) “Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of admissions to women's crisis houses compared with traditional psychiatric wards: pilot patient-preference randomised controlled trial,” British Journal of Psychiatry. Cambridge University Press, 197(S53), pp. s32–s40. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.081083.
Subjects:	Medicine and health > Mental health Medicine and health
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Depositing User:	Laura Cole
Date Deposited:	03 Aug 2021 10:30
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2024 16:05
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/7707

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