Psychiatric inpatient admissions and discharges of people with intellectual disabilities: a time series analysis of English national data

Langdon, Peter E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7745-1825, Thompson, Paul A., Shepstone, Lee, Perez-Olivas, Gisela, Melvin, Clare L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5621-3417, Barnoux, Magali, Alexander, Regi, Roy, Ashok and Devapriam, John (2023) Psychiatric inpatient admissions and discharges of people with intellectual disabilities: a time series analysis of English national data. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 36 (1). pp. 196-204. ISSN 1360-2322

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Abstract

Background. We examined whether a series of variables were related to the number of psychiatric inpatients using publicly available data about English psychiatric bed utilisation and NHS workforce. Method. Using linear regression, with auto-regressive errors, we examined relationships between variables over time using data from December 2013 to March 2021. Results. Over time, the number of inpatients reduced by either 6.58 or 8.07 per month depending upon the dataset utilised, and the number of community nurses and community nursing support staff reduced by 7.43 and 2.14 nurses per month, respectively. Increasing numbers of consultant psychiatrists were associated with fewer inpatients over time. More Care and Treatment Reviews (CTRs) were associated with more admissions over time, while more post-admission CTRs were associated with increased discharges over time. Conclusions. Future studies should examine whether psychiatric bed utilisation elsewhere within the NHS by people with intellectual disabilities has increased.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: assuring transformation,hospital admission,learning disabilities,neurodevelopmental disorders,transforming care,education,developmental and educational psychology ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3304
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023)
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Clinical Trials Unit
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Services and Primary Care
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 08 Nov 2022 16:30
Last Modified: 27 Oct 2023 02:14
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/89706
DOI: 10.1111/jar.13051

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