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STUDY OF DROPOUTS FROM A PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC OF A GENERAL HOSPITAL

During the study period of three months, out of 425 patients attending the psychiatric clinic of a general hospital, for the first time, 165 (38.8%) did not complete the treatment as prescribed by the doctors and were considered as dropouts. They were contacted at their homes to find out the reasons...

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Autores principales: Gill, H.P.S., Singh, Gurmeet, Sharma, Kuldip C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1990
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21927444
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description During the study period of three months, out of 425 patients attending the psychiatric clinic of a general hospital, for the first time, 165 (38.8%) did not complete the treatment as prescribed by the doctors and were considered as dropouts. They were contacted at their homes to find out the reasons of the dropping out, were compared with patients, who completed the treatment fully on socio-demographic variables and attitude towards treatment. Dropouts significantly differed from treatment acceptors regarding their income, place of domicile and occupation. Maximum number of patients (59.9%) dropped out after the first visit. Dropouts were the maximum among epileptics, and minimum among the mentally retarded patients. Dropouts were dissatisfied with their experience at the clinic as treatment advised was not of their choice, and they feared bad side effects from ECT and drugs. Long distance of residence from clinic was an important reason for dropping out, besides social and economic reasons.
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spelling pubmed-29900832011-09-16 STUDY OF DROPOUTS FROM A PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC OF A GENERAL HOSPITAL Gill, H.P.S. Singh, Gurmeet Sharma, Kuldip C. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article During the study period of three months, out of 425 patients attending the psychiatric clinic of a general hospital, for the first time, 165 (38.8%) did not complete the treatment as prescribed by the doctors and were considered as dropouts. They were contacted at their homes to find out the reasons of the dropping out, were compared with patients, who completed the treatment fully on socio-demographic variables and attitude towards treatment. Dropouts significantly differed from treatment acceptors regarding their income, place of domicile and occupation. Maximum number of patients (59.9%) dropped out after the first visit. Dropouts were the maximum among epileptics, and minimum among the mentally retarded patients. Dropouts were dissatisfied with their experience at the clinic as treatment advised was not of their choice, and they feared bad side effects from ECT and drugs. Long distance of residence from clinic was an important reason for dropping out, besides social and economic reasons. Medknow Publications 1990 /pmc/articles/PMC2990083/ /pubmed/21927444 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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STUDY OF DROPOUTS FROM A PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC OF A GENERAL HOSPITAL
title STUDY OF DROPOUTS FROM A PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC OF A GENERAL HOSPITAL
title_full STUDY OF DROPOUTS FROM A PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC OF A GENERAL HOSPITAL
title_fullStr STUDY OF DROPOUTS FROM A PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC OF A GENERAL HOSPITAL
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title_short STUDY OF DROPOUTS FROM A PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC OF A GENERAL HOSPITAL
title_sort study of dropouts from a psychiatric clinic of a general hospital
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21927444
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