title: Modified assertive community treatment: effectiveness on hospitalization and length of stay.
abstract: The objective is to assess the efficacy of a modified Assertive Community treatment (ACT). This is a retrospective cross-sectional study with a comparative group. The study group was patients with schizophrenia who had completed modified ACT, while the control group was those who did not receive modified ACT. The final sample comprises 44 patients in each group. There was no significant difference between both groups in number of admissions and average length of stay. However, in the modified ACT group there was a significant reduction in the number of admissions after the intervention. In conclusion readmission rate was significantly reduced following modified ACT intervention.
authors: Discipline of Psychiatry and Behaviour Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Sungai Buloh Campus, 4700, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia, razali6403@salam.uitm.edu.my.
authors: Salleh Mohd
authors: SM
authors: Razali
authors: Mohd Affendi
authors: MA
authors: Hashim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult