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Table 4 Synthesis of the main bivariate and multivariate significant results regarding community care and service responsiveness factors

From: Overview of post-discharge predictors for psychiatric re-hospitalisations: a systematic review of the literature

Community care and service responsiveness factors

No. of sig. Studies/Total no. of studies

Main significant results bivariate

Main significant results multivariate

Case management programs

7/12 Mixed results

Risk factor: 5 Receiving or requiring more intensive case management. Being assigned to ACT team. More outreach care. More case management. Having intensive case management outreach

Risk factor: 1 Assignment to a residential program and/or to case management

Protective factor: 1 Case management

Protective factor: 1 Case management

Compulsory outpatient treatment

5/5 Mixed results

Protective factor: 2 Being on CTO. Being on CTO

Risk factor: 2 Being on CTO at discharge

Protective factor: 2 Community initiated CTOs. CTO + intensive community care

Continuity of care practices and programs

9/14 Mixed results

Protective factor: 7 Being part of a CoC research program. *Receipt of continuous treatment. Being followed-up by inpatient staff in a hospital setting. *Being followed-up continuously. Receiving a complex PD intervention from the OP psychiatrist. Follow-up through decision support tool. Follow-up through mobile app

Risk factor: 1 Service connectedness

Protective factor: 1 Reviewing the individual service plan, a change in the treating team

  1. *indicates that the results are significant only for subgrups of the studied population