Length of hospitalisation for people with severe mental illness

. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 2.

Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008 Jan 23;(1):CD000384. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000384.pub2

Methods	Allocation: ’at random’ - no further details. Blinding: none. Duration: 1 year. Setting: central London, UK.
Participants	Diagnosis: ’functional psychiatric disorder’. N=224. History: just admitted. Age: >16 years. Sex: brief group = 47% males, standard group = 40% males. Excluded: outside catchment, <16 years, organic brain syndrome
Interventions	Brief admission: discharge planned in < 8 days + community day care. N=115 Standard admission: discharged at carers discretion. N=109
Outcomes	Lost to follow-up. Unable to use - Readmission. (>50% loss to follow up). Mental state: PSE (no SD). Economic outcomes. (no data). Behaviour: PBAS (details not published).
Notes
*Risk of bias*
Item	Authors’ judgement	Description
Allocation concealment?	Unclear	B - Unclear