Abstract
A purpose of this study is to develop the facilitation discharge scale for long term admitting patient and to evaluate effectiveness of the scale. We extracted the factors on discharge for long term admitting patient from literature review. The scale was constructed by reviewing of existing scales based on extracting factors from a literature review. Then the scale was polished by interview survey and expert panel. The effectiveness of developmental scale was examined by the survey of the necessity and importance for items of the scale and comparing the evaluation of succeed case to not-succeed case on facilitation discharge for long term admitting patient in the mental hospital on Japan.
