Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with recurrent psychiatric readmissions in Qatar
| Autor: | Nahid M. Elhassan, Rajeev Kumar, Bushra Elhusein, Majid Al Abdulla, Tarek Abdelhalim Saad |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Medicine (General) Adolescent retrospective study Aftercare Biochemistry compliance Patient Readmission 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine R5-920 medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Psychiatry Child Qatar Post-discharge care Retrospective Studies business.industry readmission Mental Disorders Biochemistry (medical) psychiatric services Retrospective cohort study Cell Biology General Medicine Middle Aged Mental health Patient Discharge 030227 psychiatry revolving door psychotic spectrum disorder Child Preschool Female business Revolving door mental health Retrospective Clinical Research Report |
| Zdroj: | Journal of International Medical Research, Vol 48 (2020) The Journal of International Medical Research |
| ISSN: | 1473-2300 |
| Popis: | Objective To examine the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of psychiatric patients with recurrent psychiatric readmissions (RPR). Methods A retrospective study was conducted at Hamad General Hospital in Qatar on psychiatric patients with recurrent readmissions from August 2018 to January 2019. Results Of 380 psychiatric patients admitted during the study period, 40 (10.5%) were readmitted within 30 days of discharge. Most of the patients who were readmitted were single, male and unemployed. Psychotic spectrum disorder was the most frequent psychiatric condition and was diagnosed in 18 (45%) patients. A total of 30% of the patients were receiving treatment with anti-psychotics, and a similar number received more than one medication. Most patients showed poor or no compliance. Only 12.5% of patients stayed in the hospital for more than 5 weeks in their last admission during the study period. Conclusions Poor compliance, male sex and single status were the most common demographic and clinical features of patients with RPR. Post-discharge psychiatric care should be tailored to meet the requirements of patients prone to RPR. |
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