Abstract
Aim: Prognosis following early psychosis is highly variable. Long-term prognostic information from research studies is available in only a few areas. We sought to understand how well routine discharge information allows prediction of long-term readmission prognosis.
Methods: We reviewed the records of 239 people leaving Early Intervention services, after an average of 2.5 years, and counted the number of relapses. The distribution was modelled and extrapolated to a predicted 10 year outcome. Model predictions were compared with published data.
Results: Numbers of relapses varied substantially, with 59% having no relapses before discharge, and 5% having four or more. Model predictions for ten year outcome were close to the observed data.
Conclusions: A simple model can describe the distribution of numbers of relapses among people discharged from EI services, and predict longer-term outcomes matching those observed in formal research. This low-cost approach could allow EI services to develop locale-specific prognostic information.
Methods: We reviewed the records of 239 people leaving Early Intervention services, after an average of 2.5 years, and counted the number of relapses. The distribution was modelled and extrapolated to a predicted 10 year outcome. Model predictions were compared with published data.
Results: Numbers of relapses varied substantially, with 59% having no relapses before discharge, and 5% having four or more. Model predictions for ten year outcome were close to the observed data.
Conclusions: A simple model can describe the distribution of numbers of relapses among people discharged from EI services, and predict longer-term outcomes matching those observed in formal research. This low-cost approach could allow EI services to develop locale-specific prognostic information.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Early Intervention in Psychiatry |
Early online date | 26 Jan 2017 |
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Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 26 Jan 2017 |