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PW01-122 - No-Shows, Drop-Outs And Completers In Psychotherapeutic Treatment: Demographic And Clinical Predictors In A Large Sample Of Non-Psychotic Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2020

M. Fenger ,
E. Mortensen ,
S. Poulsen  and
M. Lau
M. Fenger
Affiliation:
Stolpegaard Psychotherapy Centre, Mental Health Services - Capital Region of Denmark, Gentofte Department of Psychology, Mental Health Services - Capital Region of Denmark, Gentofte
E. Mortensen
Affiliation:
Institute of Public Health and Center for Healthy Aging, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Gentofte
S. Poulsen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Mental Health Services - Capital Region of Denmark, Gentofte
M. Lau
Affiliation:
Stolpegaard Psychotherapy Centre, Mental Health Services - Capital Region of Denmark, Gentofte

Abstract

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Introduction

High rate of non-attendance in mental health treatment is a major problem in terms of lost economic resources and deteriorated quality of life for the patients.

Aims

The aim of the present study was to conduct an analysis of the influence of demographic and clinical variables on treatment attendance.

Methods

A naturalistic study of 2473 non-psychotic consecutive patients offered psychotherapeutic treatment. Demographic and clinical variables were registered at assessment. Bivariate and multiple logistic regression analyses of the associations between these variables and attendance were conducted.

Results

675 (27.3%) did not show up and 289 (11.7%) dropped out of treatment. Regression analysis showed that younger age, few years of school, taking an education, unemployment, no sick leave, personality disorder, low or high GAF, no earlier treatment, no use of psychoactive medicine, and substance abuse were significant predictors for non-attendance.

Conclusion

No-show was predicted mainly by clinical factors, whereas drop-out was predicted by demographic variables. Results and strategies to reduce non-attendance were discussed.

Type
Mental health issues
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 25 , Issue S1: 18th European Congress of Psychiatry. February 27, March 2, 2010 - Munich, Germany , 2010 , 25-E1521
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2009
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