Factors associated with dropout from psychiatric treatment
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: F01-F99- Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/01/061836
- Lead Sponsor
- Rohilkhand Medical College and Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Patients who fulfill the following criteria will be included:
Patients with written and informed consent.
At our setting, all patients attending the OPD are initially evaluated by a faculty member and diagnosis is made as per the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision criteria
Age range : All adults above age of 18 years
The group of patients excluded from the study includes those who have a diagnosis solely of intellectual disability, substance abuse or dependence, those who have significant cognitive impairment caused by organic brain syndromes, patients with autism and ADHD.
Patients with significant physical health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, central nervous system disorders, respiratory disorders, or gastrointestinal diseases.
Patient not diagnosed with any psychiatric disorder
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Comparison of level of functioning and severity of illness of the dropout group and regular attendee group using CGI-S scaleTimepoint: Baseline
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine the socio-demographic and environmental factors responsible for drop-out behaviour in patients who are attending the psychiatric outpatient services. <br/ ><br>To assess the influence of patient related, illness related and clinician related factors on dropping out of contact with outpatient services.Timepoint: one year