Naturalistic Study On Intervention in Day Hospital On Psychotic Patients.

Abstract

Introduction

The HDP care structures are intermediate in nature providing an active heatlth care, multidimensional, structured and intensive medical care, aimed at patients with severe and complex system of partial hospitalization in pathology, as well as those patients who do not require, at a given time, income to total time, but are not subject to appropriate outpatient therapeutic gains.

Objectives

1. - To analyze the profile of psychotic patients admitted to HDP.

2. - To know the effectiveness of the intervention in HDP on psychotic patients.

Material and Methods

Prospective naturalistic study of psychotic patients (F2X.XX) entering HDP for 24 months. As main outcome variables use: PANSS score, GAF score and CASH for insight. These scales are passed on valuation and the day of discharge device.

Results

We identified 81 patients that have been hospitalized after an acute event (67, 82.7%). From the initial sample, 22 cases were first psychotic episodes (27.2%), 46 males (56.8%) and 35 women (43.2%), Discharge statistically significant improvement in PANSS score (p objective <0.001) in the GAF score (p> o, o, o, 1) and in CASH to awareness of illness score (p <0,0,0,1).

Conclusions

Intervention in day Hospital on psychotic patients improves psychotic symptoms, functionality and insight.