Abstract
Aims and methodTo evaluate outcomes for service users during their first year of treatment in three English assertive outreach teams. Changes in health and social functioning, engagement with services, service use and need (rated by staff and service users) were evaluated.ResultsIn 49 service users we found a significant increase in mean staff-rated met needs up to 6 months of treatment. There were no significant changes in ratings of engagement or Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) scores at 6 and 12 months. Unmet needs rated by service users and staff showed a non-significant trend for improvement across a range of individual health and social domains. Duration of hospital admission reduced significantly between the 12 months before the evaluation and the 12 months of the evaluation. Formal and informal admission and levels of contact with crisis teams reduced over the study period.Clinical implicationsAlthough these results offer some support to the assertive outreach approach, further research in larger samples is needed to identify which changes in health and social functioning are associated with transfer to assertive outreach teams.
Highlights
In 49 service users we found a significant increase in mean staff-rated met needs up to 6 months of treatment
There were no significant changes in ratings of engagement or Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) scores at 6 and 12 months
Formal and informal admission and levels of contact with crisis teams reduced over the study period. Clinical implications these results offer some support to the assertive outreach approach, further research in larger samples is needed to identify which changes in health and social functioning are associated with transfer to assertive outreach teams
Summary
Rob Macpherson,[1] Praveen Thyarappa,[2] Genevieve Riley,[3] Hannah Steer,[4] Mike Blackburn,[5] Chris Foy[3]. Changes in health and social functioning, engagement with services, service use and need (rated by staff and service users) were evaluated
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