Comprehension and companionship in the emergency department as predictors of treatment adherence

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 112-116

  Nitzan, Uri ^a,b   Hirsch, Efrat ^a,b   Walter, Garry ^c,d   Lurie, Ido ^b,e   Aviram, Shai ^f   Bloch, Yuval ^a,b  

^a SHALVATA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Northern Sydney Central Coast Health   (Australia)

^e ABARBANEL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

adherence; companions; compliance; comprehension; emergency department; understanding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MACARTHUR COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; AGED; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FRIEND; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; COMPREHENSION; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84865432416     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1039856211432485     Document Type: Article

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