@article{ref1,
title="Developing a core outcome set for interventions to improve discharge from mental health inpatient services: a survey, Delphi and consensus meeting with key stakeholder groups",
journal="BMJ open",
year="2020",
author="Tyler, Natasha and Wright, Nicola and Grundy, Andrew and Waring, Justin",
volume="10",
number="5",
pages="e034215-e034215",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To develop a core set of outcomes to be used in all future studies into discharge from acute mental health services to increase homogeneity of outcome reporting. DESIGN: We used a cross-sectional online survey with qualitative responses to derive a comprehensive list of outcomes, followed by two online Delphi rounds and a face-to-face consensus meeting. SETTING: The setting the core outcome set applies to is acute adult mental health. PARTICIPANTS: Participants were recruited from five stakeholder groups: service users, families and carers, researchers, healthcare professionals and policymakers. INTERVENTIONS: The core outcome set is intended for all interventions that aim to improve discharge from acute mental health services to the community. RESULTS: Ninety-three participants in total completed the questionnaire, 69 in Delphi round 1 and 68 in round 2, with relatively even representation of groups. Eleven participants attended the consensus meeting. Service users, healthcare professionals, researchers, carers/families and end-users of research agreed on a four-item core outcome set: readmission, suicide completed, service user-reported psychological distress and quality of life. CONCLUSION: Implementation of the core outcome set in future trials research will provide a framework to achieve standardisation, facilitate selection of outcome measures, allow between-study comparisons and ultimately enhance the relevance of trial or research findings to healthcare professionals, researchers, policymakers and service users.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2044-6055",
doi="10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034215",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034215"
}