Follow Up and Primary and Secondary Outcome Measures Sample Clauses

Follow Up and Primary and Secondary Outcome Measures. Follow up data collection took place at six weeks, six months and 12 months after release and at each of these time points, a researcher (GH, CS) collected data on a series of variables relating to health, forensic and other relevant variables by reviewing community mental health records held on an electronic system. For the purpose of this thesis the primary outcome variables were contact with any mental health professional, allocation of a care co-ordinator and contact with a care co-ordinator. Contact with any mental health professional was defined as any contact with a mental health nurse, psychiatrist, psychologist or other member of staff that was recorded in a patient’s clinical notes. Allocation of a care co-ordinator was defined as having a care co-ordinator recorded in the relevant area of a record system or an entry from a mental health professional which stated that they were acting as the care co-ordinator. Contact with a care co-ordinator was defined as any contact with this care co-ordinator that was recorded in a patient’s clinical notes. The secondary outcome variables were: whether a Care Programme Approach meeting had been arranged in the community, whether a care plan was in place, registration with a GP, whether medication was prescribed, compliance with medication, contact with family, employment, return to prison and whether any nights had been spent living on the street. For each of the primary and secondary outcomes, an event was recorded if it occurred at any time during that follow up period. For example, contact with any mental health professional was recorded as yes at six week follow up if there was any contact between Week 1 and Week