Does an encouraging letter encourage attendance at psychiatric out-patient clinics? The Leeds PROMPTS randomized study

The aim was to reduce non-attendance for first-time consultations at psychiatric out-patient clinics. The study was a pragmatic randomized controlled trial; the setting was seven inner-city UK out-patient clinics in Leeds. The participants were 764 subjects of working age with an appointment to atte...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Psychological medicine 2008-05, Vol.38 (5), p.717-723
Hauptverfasser:	Kitcheman, J., Adams, C. E., Pervaiz, A., Kader, I., Mohandas, D., Brookes, G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Clinics Community Mental Health Centers - statistics & numerical data Confidence intervals Consultation Correspondence as Topic England Female Follow-Up Studies Health services Hospitals Humans Male Medical sciences Mental Disorders - diagnosis Mental Disorders - epidemiology Mental Disorders - therapy Mental health Middle Aged Motivation Out-patient attendance Patient Dropouts - statistics & numerical data Patients pragmatic Pragmatics Prevention. Health policy. Planification Primary care Psychiatry Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry randomized Referral and Consultation - utilization Reminder Systems Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
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