Somatic Health Screening for Adults in Outpatient Psychiatric Care in Denmark (SomaScreen)
Somatic Screening in the Capital Region Mental Health Service in Denmark (SomaScreen) - Study Protocol for a Quasi-experimental Controlled Intervention Study With a Matched Cohort
Amager Hospital
2,800 participants
Sep 1, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
People with severe mental illness have a substantially increased risk of undiagnosed and insufficiently treated somatic disease. Somatic Screening in the Capital Region Mental Health Service in Denmark (SomaScreen) is a service-level intervention implemented in psychiatric outpatient clinics in the Capital Region of Denmark to improve the detection and follow-up of somatic disease among patients with psychotic and affective disorders. This study evaluates whether integrating structured somatic screening into mental health services leads to improved identification and management of somatic disease compared with care as usual. Using a quasi-experimental controlled design with a matched cohort, outcomes among patients exposed to the SomaScreen intervention are compared with those of patients receiving usual care in comparable psychiatric outpatient clinics outside the Capital Region.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria4
- Patients aged 18 years or older.
- Referred to FACT or OPUS psychiatric outpatient clinics in the Capital Region of Denmark.
- Starting a new outpatient treatment episode in FACT or OPUS.
- Diagnosed with psychotic or affective disorders (ICD-10 F20-F39), including those with comorbid substance use disorders (F10-F19).
Exclusion Criteria3
- Individuals younger than 18 years.
- Patients in geriatric outpatient clinics.
- Individuals not in the target diagnosis group (i.e., without psychotic or affective disorders, F20-F39).
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Interventions
SomaScreen is a structured somatic health screening program for adults in psychiatric outpatient care (F-ACT and OPUS clinics). Trained somatic nurses and general practitioner consultants systematically assess patients for cardiovascular disease, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, and cancer, and may detect other somatic conditions. Patients with identified conditions are referred to their own general practitioner for follow-up and management. The intervention is distinguished from usual care by its systematic, multi-condition screening and structured referral process.
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NCT07518446