@article{ref1,
title="Effectiveness and efficiency of cognitive-behavioral group therapy for inpatients: 4-year follow-up study",
journal="Journal of Psychiatric Practice",
year="2008",
author="Veltro, Franco and Vendittelli, Nicola and Oricchio, Ines and Addona, Franco and Avino, Camillo and Figliolia, Gianluca and Morosini, Pierluigi",
volume="14",
number="5",
pages="281-288",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: The goals of this study were to evaluate the effectiveness of manualized cognitive-behavioral group therapy (CBGT) integrated into routine care on a psychiatric inpatient unit and to compare the impact of the intervention on patients with the following diagnoses: schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, or personality disorders. The results presented here expand on those presented in a previous publication by including 2 more years of data and additional analyses concerning diagnosis and economic outcomes. METHOD: A pre-post design was used to measure voluntary and compulsory readmissions, ward atmosphere, patient satisfaction, mean length of stay, and cost-income in the year before CBGT was introduced (2001) compared with the next 4 years. RESULTS: In the years 2001-2005, percentage of total readmissions declined from 38% to 24% (p < 0.02); of those readmissions, 17% were compulsory in 2001 compared with 0 in 2005 (p < 0.02). A progressive improvement in ward atmosphere was observed from baseline to the following 4 years (p < 0.001). There was also statistically significant improvement in patient satisfaction compared with baseline, mainly observed during the first 2 years of the intervention (p < 0.001). The reduction in readmissions was statistically significant only for patients with schizophrenia (p < 0.001) and bipolar disorder (p < 0.04). CONCLUSIONS: These results are promising and indicate that CBGT may contribute added benefit to treatment on an inpatient psychiatric ward.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1527-4160",
doi="10.1097/01.pra.0000336755.57684.45",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.pra.0000336755.57684.45"
}