Lipton F R, Nutt S, Sabatini A
Psychiatric Emergency Services, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York.
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1988 Jan;39(1):40-5. doi: 10.1176/ps.39.1.40.
In a one-year study of 49 homeless chronic mentally ill patients, the subjects, selected at admission for inpatient treatment, were randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group was placed in an experimental residential treatment program following discharge, and the other group received standard postdischarge care. Subjects were interviewed every four months during the year as well as at index hospitalization and discharge. Although the study remains exploratory due to the small sample size and case attrition, the authors found that compared with the control group, the subjects in the residential treatment program spent significantly more nights in adequate shelter, spent fewer nights in hospitals or undomiciled, and were more satisfied with and committed to their living arrangements.
在一项针对49名无家可归的慢性精神病患者的为期一年的研究中，选取入院接受住院治疗的患者作为研究对象，并随机分为两组。一组患者在出院后进入一个实验性的住院治疗项目，另一组则接受标准的出院后护理。在这一年中，研究对象每四个月接受一次访谈，同时在首次住院和出院时也会接受访谈。尽管由于样本量小和病例流失，该研究仍处于探索阶段，但作者发现，与对照组相比，住院治疗项目中的患者在适宜住所度过的夜晚显著更多，在医院或无家可归度过的夜晚更少，并且对其居住安排更满意、更认同。
