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Prevalence, factors and reasons associated with missed first appointments among out-patients with schizophrenia at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Benin City

BACKGROUND: Non-attendance to clinic appointments is associated with poorer treatment outcomes. There is a dearth of information about missed first clinic appointments among patients with schizophrenia in Nigeria. AIMS: To determine the prevalence, correlates and reasons for missed first appointment...

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Autores principales: Ibironke Thomas, Felicia, Osasu Olotu, Sunday, Ohiole Omoaregba, Joyce
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6020260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29971144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2017.11
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description BACKGROUND: Non-attendance to clinic appointments is associated with poorer treatment outcomes. There is a dearth of information about missed first clinic appointments among patients with schizophrenia in Nigeria. AIMS: To determine the prevalence, correlates and reasons for missed first appointment among out-patients with schizophrenia at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria. METHOD: A cross-sectional descriptive study among 275 out-patients with schizophrenia, using the Mini International Neuro-Psychiatric Interview and the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. RESULTS: The prevalence of missed first appointment was 31%. Higher BPRS score was associated with missing the appointment. The main reasons for missed appointments were: forgetting the appointment date and patient's refusal to come to the clinic. CONCLUSIONS: Missed first out-patient clinic appointment is common among patients with schizophrenia at the study site, forgetting appointment dates being a common reason. Among other recommendations, methods of reminding patients and caregivers of appointment dates at the study location may need to be explored. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None.
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spelling pubmed-60202602018-07-03 Prevalence, factors and reasons associated with missed first appointments among out-patients with schizophrenia at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Benin City Ibironke Thomas, Felicia Osasu Olotu, Sunday Ohiole Omoaregba, Joyce BJPsych Open Papers BACKGROUND: Non-attendance to clinic appointments is associated with poorer treatment outcomes. There is a dearth of information about missed first clinic appointments among patients with schizophrenia in Nigeria. AIMS: To determine the prevalence, correlates and reasons for missed first appointment among out-patients with schizophrenia at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria. METHOD: A cross-sectional descriptive study among 275 out-patients with schizophrenia, using the Mini International Neuro-Psychiatric Interview and the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. RESULTS: The prevalence of missed first appointment was 31%. Higher BPRS score was associated with missing the appointment. The main reasons for missed appointments were: forgetting the appointment date and patient's refusal to come to the clinic. CONCLUSIONS: Missed first out-patient clinic appointment is common among patients with schizophrenia at the study site, forgetting appointment dates being a common reason. Among other recommendations, methods of reminding patients and caregivers of appointment dates at the study location may need to be explored. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None. Cambridge University Press 2018-02-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6020260/ /pubmed/29971144 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2017.11 Text en © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work.
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title Prevalence, factors and reasons associated with missed first appointments among out-patients with schizophrenia at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Benin City
title_full Prevalence, factors and reasons associated with missed first appointments among out-patients with schizophrenia at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Benin City
title_fullStr Prevalence, factors and reasons associated with missed first appointments among out-patients with schizophrenia at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Benin City
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence, factors and reasons associated with missed first appointments among out-patients with schizophrenia at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Benin City
title_short Prevalence, factors and reasons associated with missed first appointments among out-patients with schizophrenia at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Benin City
title_sort prevalence, factors and reasons associated with missed first appointments among out-patients with schizophrenia at the federal neuro-psychiatric hospital, benin city
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6020260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29971144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2017.11
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