Clinical and cost effectiveness of staff training in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) for treating challenging behaviour in adults with intellectual disability: A cluster randomised controlled trial

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hassiotis, Angela ^a   Strydom, Andre ^a   Crawford, Mike ^b   Hall, Ian ^c   Omar, Rumana ^d   Vickerstaff, Victoria ^d   Hunter, Rachael ^d   Crabtree, Jason ^d   Cooper, Vivien ^e   Biswas, Asit ^f   Howie, William ^g   King, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Claybrook Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CEO and Trustee of The Challenging Behaviour Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^f LEICESTERSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural intervention; Challenging behaviour; Cluster RCT; Complex intervention; Intellectual disability; Positive Behaviour Support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FAMILY COUNSELING; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CAREGIVERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905815937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-014-0219-6     Document Type: Article

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