Rodríguez Jiménez, Roberto Bagney Lifante, Alexandra Torio, Iosune Caballero González, Montserrat Ruiz López, Pedro Rivas Clemente, Francisco de Paula José Jiménez Arriero, Miguel Ángel
Utilidad clínica e implicaciones económicas de la terapia electroconvulsiva de continuación/mantenimiento en un hospital público del Sistema Nacional de Salud español: serie de casos. [artículo] - 2015 Revista de psiquiatría y salud mental, - 8(2):75-82.
Formato Vancouver:
Rodríguez Jiménez R, Bagney A, Torio I, Caballero M, Ruiz P, Rivas Fde P et al. Utilidad clínica e implicaciones económicas de la terapia electroconvulsiva de continuación/mantenimiento en un hospital público del Sistema Nacional de Salud español: serie de casos. Rev Psiquiatr Salud Ment. 2015 Apr-Jun;8(2):75-82.
PMID: 25618779
Contiene 28 referencias
Introduction: Continuation/maintenance electroconvulsive therapy has been shown to be effective for prevention of relapse in affective and psychotic disorders. However, there is a limited nubber of studies that investigate clinical management, associated costs, and perceived quality variables.
Material and methods: A series of 8 cases included during the first 18 months of the Continuation/Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy Program of the Psychiatry Department at 12 de Octubre University Hospital is presented. Clinical variables (Clinical Global Impression-Improvement Scale, length of hospitalization, number of Emergency Department visits, number of urgent admissions) before and after inclusion in the continuation/maintenance electroconvulsive therapy program were compared for each patient, as well as associated costs and perceived quality.
Results: After inclusion in the program, 50.0% of patients reported feeling « much better » and 37.5% « moderately better » in the Clinical Global Impression-Improvement Scale. In addition, after inclusion in the continuation/maintenance electroconvulsive therapy program, patients were hospitalized for a total of 349 days, visited the Emergency Department on 3 occasions, and had 2 urgent admissions, compared to 690 days of hospitalization (P = .012), 26 Emergency Department visits (P = .011) and 22 urgent admissions (P = .010) during the same period before inclusion in the program. Associated direct costs per day of admission were reduced to 50.6% of the previous costs, and costs associated with Emergency Department visits were reduced to 11.5% of the previous costs. As regards perceived quality, 87.5% of patients assessed the care and treatment received as being « very satisfactory », and 12.5% as « satisfactory ».
Conclusions: This continuation/maintenance electroconvulsive therapy program has shown to be clinically useful and to have a favourable economic impact, as well as high perceived quality.
Utilidad clínica e implicaciones económicas de la terapia electroconvulsiva de continuación/mantenimiento en un hospital público del Sistema Nacional de Salud español: serie de casos. [artículo] - 2015 Revista de psiquiatría y salud mental, - 8(2):75-82.
Formato Vancouver:
Rodríguez Jiménez R, Bagney A, Torio I, Caballero M, Ruiz P, Rivas Fde P et al. Utilidad clínica e implicaciones económicas de la terapia electroconvulsiva de continuación/mantenimiento en un hospital público del Sistema Nacional de Salud español: serie de casos. Rev Psiquiatr Salud Ment. 2015 Apr-Jun;8(2):75-82.
PMID: 25618779
Contiene 28 referencias
Introduction: Continuation/maintenance electroconvulsive therapy has been shown to be effective for prevention of relapse in affective and psychotic disorders. However, there is a limited nubber of studies that investigate clinical management, associated costs, and perceived quality variables.
Material and methods: A series of 8 cases included during the first 18 months of the Continuation/Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy Program of the Psychiatry Department at 12 de Octubre University Hospital is presented. Clinical variables (Clinical Global Impression-Improvement Scale, length of hospitalization, number of Emergency Department visits, number of urgent admissions) before and after inclusion in the continuation/maintenance electroconvulsive therapy program were compared for each patient, as well as associated costs and perceived quality.
Results: After inclusion in the program, 50.0% of patients reported feeling « much better » and 37.5% « moderately better » in the Clinical Global Impression-Improvement Scale. In addition, after inclusion in the continuation/maintenance electroconvulsive therapy program, patients were hospitalized for a total of 349 days, visited the Emergency Department on 3 occasions, and had 2 urgent admissions, compared to 690 days of hospitalization (P = .012), 26 Emergency Department visits (P = .011) and 22 urgent admissions (P = .010) during the same period before inclusion in the program. Associated direct costs per day of admission were reduced to 50.6% of the previous costs, and costs associated with Emergency Department visits were reduced to 11.5% of the previous costs. As regards perceived quality, 87.5% of patients assessed the care and treatment received as being « very satisfactory », and 12.5% as « satisfactory ».
Conclusions: This continuation/maintenance electroconvulsive therapy program has shown to be clinically useful and to have a favourable economic impact, as well as high perceived quality.
