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SynthesisSystematic reviews2020

The association between community mental health nursing and hospital admissions for people with serious mental illness: a systematic review.

Matthew J Leach, Martin Jones, Dan Bressington, Adrian Jones, Fiona Nolan, Kuda Muyambi, Marianne Gillam, Richard Gray

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Synthesis in Systematic reviews, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Matthew J LeachDepartment of Rural Health, University of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia. matthew.leach@unisa.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0003-3133-1913
Martin JonesDepartment of Rural Health, University of South Australia, 111 Nicholson Avenue, Whyalla Norrie, South Australia, 5608, Australia.
Dan BressingtonSchool of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
Adrian JonesBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham, Wales, LL167TD, UK.
Fiona NolanFlorence Nightingale Foundation, School of Health and Human Science, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ, UK.
Kuda MuyambiDepartment of Rural Health, University of South Australia, 111 Nicholson Avenue, Whyalla Norrie, South Australia, 5608, Australia.
Marianne GillamDepartment of Rural Health, University of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia.
Richard GraySchool of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, 3086, Australia.
University of South Australia · AUBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board · GBHong Kong Polytechnic University · HKLa Trobe University · AUUniversity of Essex · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRelapse prevention is an important objective in the management of serious mental illness (SMI). While community mental health nurses (CMHN) might be well-placed to support people with SMI in averting relapse, no systematic reviews have examined this association.

aimTo review the evidence from studies reporting an association between CMHN exposure and hospitalisation of persons living with SMI (a proxy for relapse).

methodsSearches were undertaken in ten bibliographic databases and two clinical trial registries. We included studies of patients with SMI, where CMHN was the exposure, and the outcome was relapse (i.e. readmission to a psychiatric inpatient facility). Quality assessment of included studies was completed using two risk-of-bias measures.

resultsTwo studies met the inclusion criteria. Studies were rated as being of low-moderate methodological quality. There was insufficient evidence to conclude that community mental health nursing reduced the risk of admission to psychiatric inpatient facilities.

conclusionsThe review found no evidence that CMHN was associated with higher or lower odds of admission to psychiatric inpatient facilities among patients with SMI. The findings of the review point to a need for further research to investigate the impact of CMHN exposure and relapse in people with SMI. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42017058694.

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Patient AdmissionPsychiatric NursingHospitalizationHumansMental DisordersSecondary PreventionCommunity mental health nursingHospital admissionMental illnessRelapseSystematic review

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PMID32066507
PMCPMC7027066
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