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Table 1 Difference in DACTS score between ACTE and TAU

From: The effectiveness of assertive community treatment for elderly patients with severe mental illness: a randomized controlled trial

DACTS criteria

PG team

GP team North

GP team South

ACTE

Small caseload

1

1

2

4

Team approach

1

2

1

5

Program meeting

1

1

1

5

Practicing team leader

5

5

5

5

Continuity of staffing

5

5

2

4

Staff capacity

5

5

2

5

Psychiatrist on staff

1

1

2

3

Nurse on staff

3

3

3

5

Substance abuse specialist on staff

1

1

1

3

Vocational specialist on staff

1

1

1

2

Program size*

4

5

3

3

Team structure mean:

2.5

2.7

2.1

4

Explicit admission criteria

4

4

5

4

Intake rate

1

1

1

1

Full responsibility for treatment services

2

3

4

5

Responsibility for crisis services

1

1

1

1

Responsibility for hospital admissions

4

4

5

5

Responsibility for hospital discharge planning

1

2

3

5

Time-unlimited services

1

4

2

5

Organizational boundaries mean:

2 , 0

2 , 7

3

3 , 7

In-vivo services

5

4

2

5

No drop-out policy

5

4

3

5

Assertive engagement mechanisms

5

3

5

5

Intensity of service

1

1

1

2

Frequency of contact

1

1

1

1

Work with support system

5

1

5

2

Individualized substance abuse treatment

1

1

1

4

Dual disorder treatment groups

1

1

1

1

Dual disorders model

1

1

1

3

Role of consumers on treatment team

1

1

1

1

Nature of services mean:

2 , 6

1 , 9

2 , 1

2 , 9

TOTAL MEAN SCORE DACTS*

2 , 4

2 , 4

2 , 4

3 , 6

  1. Each item is rated on a 5-point scale from 1 (not implemented) to 5 (fully implemented), the scale items of the DACTS are divided into three sections: human resources, organizational boundaries and nature of services (bold data are mean scores of these sections).
  2. *Program size is not included in score summary.
  3. 0–2.9: inadequate implementation ACT model.
  4. 3.0-4.1: moderate implementation ACT model.
  5. 4.2-5.0: full implementation ACT model.