Open AccessPredictors of psychiatric readmissions to the psychiatric unit of a tertiary health facility in a Nigerian city - a 5-year study
Author(s) -
AD Yussuf,
S A Kuranga,
OR Balogun,
P. O. Ajiboye,
B. A. Issa,
O. A. Adegunloye,
M T Parakoyi
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
african journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1994-8220
DOI - 10.4314/ajpsy.v11i3.30267
Subject(s) - marital status , medicine , logistic regression , psychiatry , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , mental health , psychiatric hospital , retrospective cohort study , environmental health , population
Little is known about predictors of readmission of psychiatric patients in the study environment. Knowledge of this, we believe could aid effective management of psychiatric patients, as well as judicious and equitable utilization of the limited mental health facilities in the North-central zone. The aim was to identify factors that may be predictive of readmissions to an in-patient psychiatric facility of a Nigerian University Teaching Hospital.