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- Title
The compliance to prescribed drug treatment and referral in a psychiatric emergency service: a follow-up study.
- Authors
de Barros Calfat, Elie Leal; Pan, Pedro Mario; Shiozawa, Pedro; Chaves, Ana Cristina
- Abstract
Objectives: To evaluate the compliance to the prescribed drug treatment and referral of patients discharged from a psychiatric emergency service (PES). Method: From a total of 330 patients enrolled in the study, 175 (53%) agreed to a telephone inquiry 60 days after the PES visit regarding the status of the prescribed medication use and the outpatient referral. Results: 227 patients (68.8%) received prescription for a psychotropic medication and all patients were referred to an outpatient psychiatry service. Of the 175 patients who agreed to participate, 153 (87.4%) were successfully contacted by phone. Out of these, 97 patients (63.4%) were using the prescribed medication and 83 (54.2%) had scheduled a community appointment after 60 days. Patients who received a prescription had a greater chance of being on psychotropic medications at followup (OR 2.88; IC 95% 1.33-6.22; p = 0.007). However, the prescription was not associated with being in regular outpatient treatment (OR 0.76; IC 95% 0.036-1.61; p = 0.475). Conclusions: Psychotropic medications were routinely prescribed for PES patients, but this practice did not increase compliance to outpatient treatment referral after two months.
- Subjects
MENTAL health services; OUTPATIENT mental health facilities; DRUG efficacy; PEOPLE with mental illness; PSYCHIATRIC treatment
- Publication
Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry / Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, 2012, Vol 34, Issue 2, p149
- ISSN
1516-4446
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S1516-44462012000200006