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Follow-up Study of Schizophrenic Patients Initially Treated with Home Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Shaila Pai  and
Elizabeth J. Roberts
Shaila Pai*
Affiliation:
National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore–560029, India
Elizabeth J. Roberts
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, Madurai Medical College, Madurai–625020, India
*
∗ Correspondence
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Summary

A follow-up enquiry was carried out after two years on 54 patients who had earlier participated in a controlled experiment on home-care through a community nurse in Bangalore. Thirty seven of these patients could be contacted, of whom 21 had undergone the experimental care (home care) and 16 were from the control group, which had been treated by hospital admission. It was found that the experimental subjects had maintained a significantly better clinical status than the controls, and had been readmitted less often.

Type
Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 143 , Issue 5 , November 1983 , pp. 447 - 450
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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