Pattern of attendance and predictors of default among Nigerian outpatients with schizophrenia

African Journal of Psychiatry (South Africa)

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 283-287

  Adelufosi, A O ^a   Ogunwale, A ^b   Adeponle, A B ^c   Abayomi, O ^a  

^a Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b Neuropsychiatric Hospital   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Default; Nigeria; Non attendance; Outpatients; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84883248251     PISSN: 19948220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajpsy.v16i4.38     Document Type: Article

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