@article{ref1,
title="Patient-initiated brief admission for individuals with emotional instability and self-harm: an evaluation of psychiatric symptoms and health-related quality of life",
journal="Issues in mental health nursing",
year="2022",
author="Eckerström, Joachim and Carlborg, Andreas and Flyckt, Lena and Jayaram-Lindström, Nitya",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Patient-initiated brief admission (PIBA) was developed for patients with emotional instability and self-harm, to cope with crises. The hypothesis was that psychiatric symptoms would decrease, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) increase, after 1-3 days at hospital. One hundred and thirteen patients were recruited from a psychiatric clinic in Stockholm during 2016-2020. At admission and discharge, the patients completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the EuroQoL-5 Dimension Questionnaire (EQ-5D). The patients also evaluated PIBA as a crisis intervention. A significant decrease in symptoms of anxiety and depression was found. HRQoL increased significantly assessed with EQ-5D and 95.2% of the participants found PIBA to be a constructive intervention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0161-2840",
doi="10.1080/01612840.2021.2018530",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2021.2018530"
}