TY - JOUR
T1 - A method to compare the delivery of psychiatric care for people with treatment-resistant schizophrenia
AU - Alonso-Solís, Anna
AU - Ochoa, Susana
AU - Grasa, Eva
AU - Rubinstein, Katya
AU - Caspi, Asaf
AU - Farkas, Kinga
AU - Unoka, Zsolt
AU - Usall, Judith
AU - Huerta-Ramos, Elena
AU - Isohanni, Matti
AU - Seppälä, Jussi
AU - Reixach, Elisenda
AU - Berdún, Jesús
AU - Corripio, Iluminada
AU - Alcalde, Francisco
AU - D’amico, Enrico
AU - Almazán, Caritat
AU - Bitter, István
AU - Baccinelli, Walter
AU - Bonizzi, Chiara
AU - Bulgheroni, María
AU - Mendivelso, Johanna Caro
AU - Coenen, Tanguy
AU - Cohen, Anat
AU - Constant, Xavier
AU - Escobar, Marisol
AU - Fazekas, Kata
AU - Feldman, Yoram
AU - Gimenez, Emmanuel
AU - van der Graaf, Shenja
AU - Herman, Levente
AU - Hospedales, Margarita
AU - Jääskeläinen, Erika
AU - Jewel, Charlotte
AU - Juola, Teija
AU - Jämsä, Timo
AU - Kaye, Rachelle
AU - Kokkinakis, Panagiotis
AU - Koponen, Hannu J.
AU - Marcó, Silvia
AU - Mentzas, Gregoris
AU - Miettunen, Jouko
AU - Moilanen, Jani
AU - Papas, Ilias
AU - Paraskevopoulos, Fotis
AU - Roldán, Alexandra
AU - Rubio-Abadal, Elena
AU - Sebú, Garifalia
AU - Seppälä, Annika
AU - Simonetti, Valentina
AU - m-RESIST Group
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This work has been supported by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union (grant number 643552). This research was also funded by ONA CORPORATION.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2020/10/2
Y1 - 2020/10/2
N2 - Introduction: Community services are gaining ground when it comes to attention to patients with psychiatric diseases. Regarding patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS), the use of information and communication technology (ICT) could help to shift the focus from hospital-centered attention to community services. This study compares the differences in mental health services provided for patients with TRS in Budapest (Hungary), Tel-Aviv (Israel) and Catalonia (Spain) by means of a method for the quick appraisal of gaps among the three places, for a potential implementation of the same ICT tool in these regions. Methods: An adapted version of the Description and Standardised Evaluation of Services and Directories in Europe for Long Term Care (DESDE-LTC) instrument was made by researchers in Semmelweis University (Budapest, Hungary), Gertner Institute (Tel-Aviv, Israel) and Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau and Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu (Catalonia, Spain). Results: Two types of outpatient care services were available in the three regions. Only one type of day-care facility was common in the whole study area. Two residential care services, one for acute and the other for non-acute patients were available in every region. Finally, two self-care and volunteer-care facilities were available in the three places. Conclusion: Although the availability of services was different in each region, most of the services provided were sufficiently similar to allow the implementation of the same ICT solution in the three places.
AB - Introduction: Community services are gaining ground when it comes to attention to patients with psychiatric diseases. Regarding patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS), the use of information and communication technology (ICT) could help to shift the focus from hospital-centered attention to community services. This study compares the differences in mental health services provided for patients with TRS in Budapest (Hungary), Tel-Aviv (Israel) and Catalonia (Spain) by means of a method for the quick appraisal of gaps among the three places, for a potential implementation of the same ICT tool in these regions. Methods: An adapted version of the Description and Standardised Evaluation of Services and Directories in Europe for Long Term Care (DESDE-LTC) instrument was made by researchers in Semmelweis University (Budapest, Hungary), Gertner Institute (Tel-Aviv, Israel) and Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau and Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu (Catalonia, Spain). Results: Two types of outpatient care services were available in the three regions. Only one type of day-care facility was common in the whole study area. Two residential care services, one for acute and the other for non-acute patients were available in every region. Finally, two self-care and volunteer-care facilities were available in the three places. Conclusion: Although the availability of services was different in each region, most of the services provided were sufficiently similar to allow the implementation of the same ICT solution in the three places.
KW - Europe
KW - Information and communication technologies (ICT)
KW - Mental health services
KW - MHealth
KW - Treatment-resistant schizophrenia
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph17207527
DO - 10.3390/ijerph17207527
M3 - Article
C2 - 33081208
AN - SCOPUS:85093977000
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 17
JO - International journal of environmental research and public health
JF - International journal of environmental research and public health
IS - 20
M1 - 7527
ER -