A STUDY OF SAMPLE ATTRITION IN FOLLOW UP OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

This paper examines attrition in a sample of 96 schizophrenic patients followed up prospectively for a period of four years. The characteristics of 25 patients who were totally lost for the study are discussed. Among those followed up, two groups were identified based on regularity of attendance to...

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Autores principales: Thara, R., Rajkumar, S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1990
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21927460
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description This paper examines attrition in a sample of 96 schizophrenic patients followed up prospectively for a period of four years. The characteristics of 25 patients who were totally lost for the study are discussed. Among those followed up, two groups were identified based on regularity of attendance to the OPD. It was found that it was primarily the clinical course which determined regularity, most of those who were irregular having a more favourable course and outcome. The importance of studying sample attrition in long term follow up of schizophrenic patients is stressed especially with reference to the continued use of psychiatric facilities.
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spelling pubmed-29901692011-09-16 A STUDY OF SAMPLE ATTRITION IN FOLLOW UP OF SCHIZOPHRENIA Thara, R. Rajkumar, S. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article This paper examines attrition in a sample of 96 schizophrenic patients followed up prospectively for a period of four years. The characteristics of 25 patients who were totally lost for the study are discussed. Among those followed up, two groups were identified based on regularity of attendance to the OPD. It was found that it was primarily the clinical course which determined regularity, most of those who were irregular having a more favourable course and outcome. The importance of studying sample attrition in long term follow up of schizophrenic patients is stressed especially with reference to the continued use of psychiatric facilities. Medknow Publications 1990 /pmc/articles/PMC2990169/ /pubmed/21927460 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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