Prospective Study of Psychiatric Follow-up Default and Medication Compliance after Discharge at a Psychiatric Hospital in Nigeria
| Autor: | G T Suleiman, Æ A. S. Baduku, S O Adeyemi, Ademola B. Adeponle, M. L. Adelekan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Hospitals Psychiatric Male medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Nigeria Young Adult medicine Humans Psychiatric hospital Prospective Studies Child Psychiatry Prospective cohort study media_common business.industry Mental Disorders Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Attendance Social environment Mental health Patient Discharge Psychiatry and Mental health Feeling Family medicine Patient Compliance Female Default business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Community Mental Health Journal. 45:19-25 |
| ISSN: | 1573-2789 0010-3853 |
| Popis: | We report a prospective follow-up of 81 patients recently discharged from the hospital. Their hospital attendance pattern, medication compliance, mental state and social functioning were measured. Defaulters were followed up in the community. At 3 months, 49.4% had defaulted, while 51.5% were medication noncompliant. Clinical outcome was best for the Non-Defaulter-Medication Compliant (ND-MC) group, worst for the Defaulter-Medication Non-Compliant (D-MNC) group. Reasons for default include feeling well, financial difficulty, medication side effects and stigma. Medication non-compliant patients were more likely to reside more than 20 km away from hospital. There is an urgent need to provide community psychiatric services to improve patients' access to services and medication compliance. |
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