EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF EARLY PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL AND PYSCOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS DURING AND AFTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ADMISSIONS ON PATIENT READMISSION
Disciplines
Community Health | Mental and Social Health | Psychiatric and Mental Health | Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing | Public Health and Community Nursing
Abstract (300 words maximum)
EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF EARLY PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL AND PYSCOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS DURING AND AFTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ADMISSIONS ON PATIENT READMISSION
Alexis J. Myers, WellStar School of Nursing, Kennesaw State University
Abstract
The bridge between psychiatric hospitalizations and community for patients and caregivers is often ambivalent. The goal is for patients to receive adequate care during their hospitalization that will create a sense of stability once they are discharged. The hope is for patients to have a relatively smooth transition back into community, but it is often inconclusive whether a patient has received all the necessary tools during their stay to prevent readmission. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of early psychoeducational and psychosocial interventions during admissions to behavioral health facilities and after discharge on psychiatric patient readmission. A systematic review will be conducted searching electronic databases (CINAHL, PubMed) including a meta-analysis, cross-sectional, and controlled sampling studies to gather existing data on patient turnaround rates. In addition, qualitative data will be collected from 40 patients within Cobb county’s behavioral health facilities, by use of questionnaires, considering their diagnosis, readmission status, and social support. Conclusions will include correlations and connections between the quality of inpatient care, transitional care, community-based outpatient care and the reduction of readmission rates for psychiatric patients from a subjective patient standpoint. In-patient and transitional interventions will be evaluated and determined as effective or ineffective from a patient point of view. Interventions discovered to be the most effective will be presented to the behavioral health administration to inform and suggest psychoeducational and psychosocial interventions determined to be most impactful to implement and reduce psychiatric patient readmission.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
Wellstar School of Nursing
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Courtney Thompson
Additional Faculty
Christie Emerson, Nursing, cemerson@kennesaw.edu
EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF EARLY PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL AND PYSCOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS DURING AND AFTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ADMISSIONS ON PATIENT READMISSION
EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF EARLY PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL AND PYSCOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS DURING AND AFTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ADMISSIONS ON PATIENT READMISSION
Alexis J. Myers, WellStar School of Nursing, Kennesaw State University
Abstract
The bridge between psychiatric hospitalizations and community for patients and caregivers is often ambivalent. The goal is for patients to receive adequate care during their hospitalization that will create a sense of stability once they are discharged. The hope is for patients to have a relatively smooth transition back into community, but it is often inconclusive whether a patient has received all the necessary tools during their stay to prevent readmission. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of early psychoeducational and psychosocial interventions during admissions to behavioral health facilities and after discharge on psychiatric patient readmission. A systematic review will be conducted searching electronic databases (CINAHL, PubMed) including a meta-analysis, cross-sectional, and controlled sampling studies to gather existing data on patient turnaround rates. In addition, qualitative data will be collected from 40 patients within Cobb county’s behavioral health facilities, by use of questionnaires, considering their diagnosis, readmission status, and social support. Conclusions will include correlations and connections between the quality of inpatient care, transitional care, community-based outpatient care and the reduction of readmission rates for psychiatric patients from a subjective patient standpoint. In-patient and transitional interventions will be evaluated and determined as effective or ineffective from a patient point of view. Interventions discovered to be the most effective will be presented to the behavioral health administration to inform and suggest psychoeducational and psychosocial interventions determined to be most impactful to implement and reduce psychiatric patient readmission.