Factors Influencing Non-attendance at Child Psychiatry Out-patient Appointments
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 152 (2) , 201-204
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.152.2.201
Abstract
The clinic attendance of 100 consecutive referrals to child psychiatry is described. Only 47 cases ended in agreed discharge. Different factors were found to be associated with attrition at different stages in the treatment-uptake process. Of referrals offered an appointment, 16% failed to attend at all; this was significantly associated with parents being against referral. Of cases offered a subsequent appointment, 40% dropped out. Continued attendance was associated with a presenting problem of general anxiety and with consultation to the referrer. Dropping out was associated with parents who were separated.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Characteristics of Dropouts from a Child Psychiatry ClinicJournal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 1985
- Parents' treatment expectations and attrition from a child psychiatric serviceJournal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
- Patterns of Termination in an Outpatient Clinic for Children and Adolescents: Agreed Termination and Nonagreed TerminationJournal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 1981
- Lost to follow up: a study of nonattendance at a general paediatric outpatient clinic.Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1979
- Dropping out of treatment: A critical review.Psychological Bulletin, 1975