Study of prevalence and etiological factors in relation with recurrent admissions of patients in Psychiatric department at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan,Pahang, Malaysia

Background & Aims: With reduction in number of patients in the Psychiatric hospitals in Malaysia, the Psychiatric department of general hospitals became overloaded. High readmission rate has been often measured as poor prognostic out comes. A huge amount of budget consumed on patients admis...

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Main Authors:	Ali, Syed Masroor, Musa, Ramli, Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef, Abu Bakar, Ahmad Zafri
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32850/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32850/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32850/3/wpaic-2013-final-programme.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/32850/4/wpaic-vienna-2013-abstracts.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/32850/10/WPA_2013_-_poster_%28Vienna%29.pdf

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spelling	iium-328502013-11-19T06:46:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32850/ Study of prevalence and etiological factors in relation with recurrent admissions of patients in Psychiatric department at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan,Pahang, Malaysia Ali, Syed Masroor Musa, Ramli Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef Abu Bakar, Ahmad Zafri RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Background & Aims: With reduction in number of patients in the Psychiatric hospitals in Malaysia, the Psychiatric department of general hospitals became overloaded. High readmission rate has been often measured as poor prognostic out comes. A huge amount of budget consumed on patients admissions and the readmission rate is considered as a performance indicator. Therefore, the aim of this study is to find out the social, demographic, and clinical profile of frequently re-hospitalized psychiatric patients. Methods: cross sectional study, sample size 250 patients, 6 months duration. • Consent obtained. •Inclusion criteria: 1. Age: 18 years and above. 2. Participants: diagnosed and admitted by psychiatrist. 3. Conversant in Malay or English. • To interview, using questionnaires about mental illness, precipitating factors, high expressed emotion, and psychiatric services. Results: In 5 months admitted patients 172 (Males: 92, Females: 80). 132 (76.7%) were re admitted. GENDER: A. Males: 74 (55.3%) B. Females: 58 (44.7%) DIAGNOSIS: Schizophrenia: 101 Bipolar : 6 MDD : 5 Substance abuse: 13 MR : 7 REASONS: Poor compliance : 89 Family rejection : 9 Discharge without full remission: 10 Others : 24 Conclusion: Ongoing unfinished study but trend has shown that majority of patients are readmitted and the leading cause is poor compliance in schizophrenics. 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32850/3/wpaic-2013-final-programme.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32850/4/wpaic-vienna-2013-abstracts.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32850/10/WPA_2013_-_poster_%28Vienna%29.pdf Ali, Syed Masroor and Musa, Ramli and Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef and Abu Bakar, Ahmad Zafri (2013) Study of prevalence and etiological factors in relation with recurrent admissions of patients in Psychiatric department at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan,Pahang, Malaysia. In: World Psychiatric Association International Congress 2013, 27-30 Oct 2013, Vienna, Austria. http://www.wpaic2013.org/
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spellingShingle	RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Ali, Syed Masroor Musa, Ramli Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef Abu Bakar, Ahmad Zafri Study of prevalence and etiological factors in relation with recurrent admissions of patients in Psychiatric department at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan,Pahang, Malaysia
description	Background & Aims: With reduction in number of patients in the Psychiatric hospitals in Malaysia, the Psychiatric department of general hospitals became overloaded. High readmission rate has been often measured as poor prognostic out comes. A huge amount of budget consumed on patients admissions and the readmission rate is considered as a performance indicator. Therefore, the aim of this study is to find out the social, demographic, and clinical profile of frequently re-hospitalized psychiatric patients. Methods: cross sectional study, sample size 250 patients, 6 months duration. • Consent obtained. •Inclusion criteria: 1. Age: 18 years and above. 2. Participants: diagnosed and admitted by psychiatrist. 3. Conversant in Malay or English. • To interview, using questionnaires about mental illness, precipitating factors, high expressed emotion, and psychiatric services. Results: In 5 months admitted patients 172 (Males: 92, Females: 80). 132 (76.7%) were re admitted. GENDER: A. Males: 74 (55.3%) B. Females: 58 (44.7%) DIAGNOSIS: Schizophrenia: 101 Bipolar : 6 MDD : 5 Substance abuse: 13 MR : 7 REASONS: Poor compliance : 89 Family rejection : 9 Discharge without full remission: 10 Others : 24 Conclusion: Ongoing unfinished study but trend has shown that majority of patients are readmitted and the leading cause is poor compliance in schizophrenics.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ali, Syed Masroor Musa, Ramli Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef Abu Bakar, Ahmad Zafri
author_facet	Ali, Syed Masroor Musa, Ramli Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef Abu Bakar, Ahmad Zafri
author_sort	Ali, Syed Masroor
title	Study of prevalence and etiological factors in relation with recurrent admissions of patients in Psychiatric department at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan,Pahang, Malaysia
title_short	Study of prevalence and etiological factors in relation with recurrent admissions of patients in Psychiatric department at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan,Pahang, Malaysia
title_full	Study of prevalence and etiological factors in relation with recurrent admissions of patients in Psychiatric department at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan,Pahang, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Study of prevalence and etiological factors in relation with recurrent admissions of patients in Psychiatric department at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan,Pahang, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Study of prevalence and etiological factors in relation with recurrent admissions of patients in Psychiatric department at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan,Pahang, Malaysia
title_sort	study of prevalence and etiological factors in relation with recurrent admissions of patients in psychiatric department at hospital tengku ampuan afzan, kuantan,pahang, malaysia
publishDate	2013
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32850/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32850/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32850/3/wpaic-2013-final-programme.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/32850/4/wpaic-vienna-2013-abstracts.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/32850/10/WPA_2013_-_poster_%28Vienna%29.pdf
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Study of prevalence and etiological factors in relation with recurrent admissions of patients in Psychiatric department at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan,Pahang, Malaysia

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