Factors and motives associated with drop-out in an ambulatory service for patients with psychotic disorders.
Eur Psychiatry
; 18(4): 193-5, 2003 Jun.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12814855
ABSTRACT
The aim is to study motives and factors associated with treatment drop-out in an ambulatory psychiatric service, which integrates medical, social, familial and rehabilitation treatments. Only 9% of the psychotic patients dropped out, whose motives were non-compliance with medication and unawareness of illness, and the associated factors were comorbidity of substance abuse, social isolation and male gender.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Patient Dropouts
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Psychotic Disorders
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Ambulatory Care
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Motivation
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Eur Psychiatry
Journal subject:
PSIQUIATRIA
Year:
2003
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Suiza