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Patient Engagement in a Technology-Enhanced, Stepped-Care Intervention to Address the Mental Health Needs of Trauma Center Patients.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:Annually, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, or both, develop in the first year after injury in more than 400,000 adults treated in US trauma centers (≥20%). Yet, few trauma centers monitor and address mental health recovery, and there is limited evaluation and high structural variability across existing programs. More research is needed to guide efforts to establish such programs and to inform national standards and recommendations. STUDY DESIGN:This article describes patient engagement in a stepped-care service to address patients' mental health needs. Trauma-activation patients admitted to our Level I trauma center for at least 24 hours were approached before discharge. Patients were provided education in person at the bedside (step 1), symptom monitoring via a 30-day text-messaging tool (step 2), telephone screening approximately 30 days post injury (step 3), and, when appropriate, mental health treatment referrals and treatment (step 4). RESULTS:We approached and educated 1,122 patients (56%) on the floor during a 33-month period. Of these, 1,096 patients (98%) enrolled in our program and agreed to 30-day follow-up mental health screening. We reached 676 patients for the 30-day screen, 243 (36%) of these patients screened positive for post-traumatic stress disorder and/or depression. Most of the 243 patients who graduated to step 4 accepted treatment referrals (68%) or were already receiving services from a provider (7%). Home-based telemental health was preferred by 66% of patients who accepted referrals. CONCLUSIONS:This work demonstrates the feasibility of an evidence-based, technology-enhanced, stepped-care intervention to address the mental health needs of trauma center patients. Strategies to reach a higher percentage of patients in follow-up are needed. We recommend trauma centers test and adopt broad-based approaches to ensure optimal long-term patient outcomes.

journal_name

J Am Coll Surg

journal_title

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

authors

Ruggiero KJ,Davidson TM,Anton MT,Bunnell B,Winkelmann J,Ridings LE,Bravoco O,Crookes B,McElligott J,Fakhry SM

doi

10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.03.037

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-08-01 00:00:00

pages

223-230

issue

eissn

1072-7515

issn

1879-1190

pii

S1072-7515(20)30340-9

journal_volume

231

pub_type

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Patient Engagement in a Technology-Enhanced, Stepped-Care Intervention to Address the Mental Health Needs of Trauma Center Patients.