Client Outcomes Associated With Interprofessional Care in a Community Mental Health Outpatient Program
Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
22 December 2016
Abstract
Interprofessional care (IPC) represents a high degree of collaboration among health professionals to provide comprehensive treatment to clients. Despite increased uptake of IPC in mental health care, few studies have examined its clinical effectiveness in actual practice. A retrospective cohort study examined the treatment outcomes for 183 outpatients with chronic and comorbid mental health difficulties treated with IPC in a community mental health setting. Multilevel modelling demonstrated that clients reported statistically significant improvement in mental health symptoms and functioning during IPC, relative to a waitlist interval. Furthermore, fewer clients reported clinically significant difficulty with symptoms and functioning over the course of treatment with IPC. Findings suggest that IPC may be an effective treatment in outpatient community mental health settings for Canadian adults presenting with chronic and comorbid psychopathology and affected psychosocial functioning.
Résumé
Les pratiques interprofessionnelle requièrent un niveau élevé de collaboration entre les professionnels de la santé afin d’offrir un traitement global au client. Malgré le nouvel intérêt pour les pratiques interprofessionnelle dans le domaine des soins de santé mentale, peu d’études se sont penchées sur leur efficacité clinique. Une étude de cohorte rétrospective a examiné les résultats du traitement chez 183 clients avec des troubles chroniques et concomitants de santé mentale traités avec les pratiques interprofessionnelles dans un établissement de santé mentale communautaire. La modélisation multiniveaux a montré des améliorations statistiquement significatives quant aux symptômes de troubles mentaux et au fonctionnement pendant les pratiques interprofessionnelle, par rapport aux périodes où le client est en attente de traitement. De plus, moins de clients font état de problèmes cliniquement significatifs en matière de symptômes et de fonctionnement pendant la durée des traitements de pratiques interprofessionnelle. Des données indiquent que les pratiques interprofessionnelle peuvent constituer un traitement efficace dans un milieu de soins de santé mentale communautaire en consultation externe, pour les Canadiens adultes ayant des troubles psychopathologiques chroniques et concomitants ainsi que des problèmes de fonctionnement psychosocial.
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Volume 35 • Number 3 • December 2016
Pages: 83 - 96
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Gregory K. Tippin, K. Amanda Maranzan, and Mary Ann Mountain. 2016. Client Outcomes Associated With Interprofessional Care in a Community Mental Health Outpatient Program. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.
35(3): 83-96. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2016-042
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