Deinstitutionalization revisited: a 5-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial of hospital-based rehabilitation versus specialized assertive intervention (OPUS) versus standard treatment for patients with first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Merete Nordentoft; Johan Øhlenschlæger; Anne Amalie Elgaard Thorup; Lone Petersen; Pia Jeppesen; Mette Bertelsen

doi:10.1017/s0033291709992182

Deinstitutionalization revisited: a 5-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial of hospital-based rehabilitation versus specialized assertive intervention (OPUS) versus standard treatment for patients with first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Merete Nordentoft, Johan Øhlenschlæger, Anne Amalie Elgaard Thorup, Lone Petersen, Pia Jeppesen, Mette Bertelsen

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Abstract

Background The effects of hospital-based rehabilitation including weekly supportive psychodynamic therapy compared with specialized assertive intervention and standard treatment has not previously been investigated in first-episode psychosis. The aim of the study was to examine long-term effect on use of institutional care of different intensive interventions for patients with first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorder on use of psychiatric bed days and days in supported housing. Method A total of 94 severely ill patients with first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders were included in a special part of the Copenhagen OPUS trial and randomized to either the specialized assertive intervention program (OPUS), standard treatment or hospital-based rehabilitation. Results It was a stable pattern that patients randomized to hospital-based rehabilitation spent more days in psychiatric wards and in supported housing throughout the 5-year follow-up period compared with the two other groups. Patients in OPUS treatment spent significantly fewer days in psychiatric wards and supported housing in the first 3 years compared with patients in hospital-based rehabilitation. Due to attrition and small sample size, differences in level of psychotic and negative symptoms at 5-year follow-up could not be evaluated. Conclusions The study indicates that hospital-based rehabilitation together with weekly supportive psychodynamic therapy was associated with a continued increased use of psychiatric bed days and days in supported housing. The data cannot justify using hospital-based rehabilitation in first-episode psychosis.

Original language	English
Journal	Psychological Medicine
Pages (from-to)	1-8
Number of pages	7
ISSN	0033-2917
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291709992182
Publication status	Published - Oct 2010

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Nordentoft, M., Øhlenschlæger, J., Thorup, A. A. E., Petersen, L., Jeppesen, P., & Bertelsen, M. (2010). Deinstitutionalization revisited: a 5-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial of hospital-based rehabilitation versus specialized assertive intervention (OPUS) versus standard treatment for patients with first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Psychological Medicine, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291709992182

Deinstitutionalization revisited: a 5-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial of hospital-based rehabilitation versus specialized assertive intervention (OPUS) versus standard treatment for patients with first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders. / Nordentoft, Merete; Øhlenschlæger, Johan; Thorup, Anne Amalie Elgaard et al.
In: Psychological Medicine, 10.2010, p. 1-8.

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Nordentoft, M, Øhlenschlæger, J, Thorup, AAE, Petersen, L, Jeppesen, P & Bertelsen, M 2010, 'Deinstitutionalization revisited: a 5-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial of hospital-based rehabilitation versus specialized assertive intervention (OPUS) versus standard treatment for patients with first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders', Psychological Medicine, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291709992182

Nordentoft M, Øhlenschlæger J, Thorup AAE, Petersen L, Jeppesen P, Bertelsen M. Deinstitutionalization revisited: a 5-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial of hospital-based rehabilitation versus specialized assertive intervention (OPUS) versus standard treatment for patients with first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Psychological Medicine. 2010 Oct;1-8. doi: 10.1017/s0033291709992182

Nordentoft, Merete ; Øhlenschlæger, Johan ; Thorup, Anne Amalie Elgaard et al. / Deinstitutionalization revisited: a 5-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial of hospital-based rehabilitation versus specialized assertive intervention (OPUS) versus standard treatment for patients with first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders. In: Psychological Medicine. 2010 ; pp. 1-8.

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