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Prospective controlled study of psychiatric out-patient non-attendance: Characteristics and outcome
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Background: Psychiatric clinics have high non-attendance rates and failure to attend may be a sign of deteriorating mental health. Aims: To investigate why psychiatric out-patients fail to attend, and the outcome of attenders and non-attenders. Method: Prospective cohort study of randomly selected attenders and non-attenders at general adult psychiatric out-patient clinics. Subjects were interviewed at recruitment and severity of mental disorder and degree of social adjustment were measured. Six and 12 months later their engagement with the clinic and any psychiatric admissions were ascertained. Results: Of the 365 patients included in the study, 30 were untraceable and 224 consented to participate. Follow-up patients were more psychiatrically unwell than new patients. For follow-up patients, non-attenders had lower social functioning and more severe mental disorder than those who attended. At 12-month follow-up patients who missed their appointment were more likely to have been admitted than those who attended. Conclusions: Those who miss psychiatric follow-up out-patient appointments are more unwell and more poorly socially functioning than those who attend. They have a greater chance of drop-out from clinic contact and subsequent admission.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Killaspy, H., Banerjee, S., King, M., & Lloyd, M.
- Affiliations
- The Royal Free Hospital (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Banerjee, Sube
- Venue
- British Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Published
- 2000-02
- Volume
- 176
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 160-165
- ISSN
- 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
- 1472-1465
- OpenAlex
- W2150513447
- Cited by
- 325
- References
- 13
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- FWCI
- 9.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The British Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Social Sciences › Education › Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- missed appointments, social functioning, psychiatric hospital admissions, follow-up outcomes
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Mental Disorders, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Outpatient Clinics, Hospital, Patient Admission, Patient Dropouts, Prospective Studies, Social Support, Case-Control Studies, Treatment Refusal, Outcome Assessment, Health Care
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