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. 2020 Dec;48(12):300060520977382.
doi: 10.1177/0300060520977382.

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with recurrent psychiatric readmissions in Qatar

Nahid M Elhassan  1 , Bushra Elhusein  1 , Majid Al Abdulla  1 , Tarek Abdelhalim Saad  1 , Rajeev Kumar  1
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Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with recurrent psychiatric readmissions in Qatar

Nahid M Elhassan et al. J Int Med Res. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

Objective: To examine the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of psychiatric patients with recurrent psychiatric readmissions (RPR).

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted at Hamad General Hospital in Qatar on psychiatric patients with recurrent readmissions from August 2018 to January 2019.

Results: Of 380 psychiatric patients admitted during the study period, 40 (10.5%) were readmitted within 30 days of discharge. Most of the patients who were readmitted were single, male and unemployed. Psychotic spectrum disorder was the most frequent psychiatric condition and was diagnosed in 18 (45%) patients. A total of 30% of the patients were receiving treatment with anti-psychotics, and a similar number received more than one medication. Most patients showed poor or no compliance. Only 12.5% of patients stayed in the hospital for more than 5 weeks in their last admission during the study period.

Conclusions: Poor compliance, male sex and single status were the most common demographic and clinical features of patients with RPR. Post-discharge psychiatric care should be tailored to meet the requirements of patients prone to RPR.

Keywords: Post-discharge care; compliance; mental health; psychiatric services; psychotic spectrum disorder; readmission; retrospective study; revolving door.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of conflicting interest: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1.
Spectrum of psychiatric disorders (a) and treatment modalities (b) among patients (n = 40).
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