BJPsych Open (May 2022)

A dissemination and education programme to improve the clinical behaviours of psychiatrists in accordance with treatment guidelines for schizophrenia and major depressive disorders: the Effectiveness of Guidelines for Dissemination and Education in Psychiatric Treatment (EGUIDE) project

  • Hisashi Yamada,
  • Mikuni Motoyama,
  • Naomi Hasegawa,
  • Kenichiro Miura,
  • Junya Matsumoto,
  • Kazutaka Ohi,
  • Norio Yasui-Furukori,
  • Shusuke Numata,
  • Masahiro Takeshima,
  • Nobuhiro Sugiyama,
  • Tatsuya Nagasawa,
  • Chika Kubota,
  • Kiyokazu Atake,
  • Takashi Tsuboi,
  • Kayo Ichihashi,
  • Naoki Hashimoto,
  • Takahiko Inagaki,
  • Yoshikazu Takaesu,
  • Jun-ichi Iga,
  • Hikaru Hori,
  • Toshiaki Onitsuka,
  • Hiroshi Komatsu,
  • Akitoyo Hishimoto,
  • Kentaro Fukumoto,
  • Michiko Fujimoto,
  • Toshinori Nakamura,
  • Kiyotaka Nemoto,
  • Ryuji Furihata,
  • Satoshi Yamamura,
  • Hirotaka Yamagata,
  • Kazuyoshi Ogasawara,
  • Eiichi Katsumoto,
  • Atsunobu Murata,
  • Hitoshi Iida,
  • Shinichiro Ochi,
  • Manabu Makinodan,
  • Mikio Kido,
  • Taishiro Kishimoto,
  • Yuka Yasuda,
  • Masahide Usami,
  • Taro Suwa,
  • Ken Inada,
  • Koichiro Watanabe,
  • Ryota Hashimoto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2022.44
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8

Abstract

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Background Clinical practice guidelines for schizophrenia and major depressive disorder have been published. However, these have not had sufficient penetration in clinical settings. We developed the Effectiveness of Guidelines for Dissemination and Education in Psychiatric Treatment (EGUIDE) project as a dissemination and education programme for psychiatrists. Aims The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of the EGUIDE project on the subjective clinical behaviour of psychiatrists in accordance with clinical practice guidelines before and 1 and 2 years after participation in the programmes. Method A total of 607 psychiatrists participated in this study during October 2016 and March 2019. They attended both 1-day educational programmes based on the clinical practice guidelines for schizophrenia and major depressive disorder, and answered web questionnaires about their clinical behaviours before and 1 and 2 years after attending the programmes. We evaluated the changes in clinical behaviours in accordance with the clinical practice guidelines between before and 2 years after the programme. Results All of the scores for clinical behaviours in accordance with clinical practice guidelines were significantly improved after 1 and 2 years compared with before attending the programmes. There were no significant changes in any of the scores between 1 and 2 years after attending. Conclusions All clinical behaviours in accordance with clinical practice guidelines improved after attending the EGUIDE programme, and were maintained for at least 2 years. The EGUIDE project could contribute to improved guideline-based clinical behaviour among psychiatrists.

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