objective: we aimed to describe psychiatrists' attributions on non-compliance related issues resulting in re-hospitalizations of psychiatric patients. method: in a cross sectional study, we included 500 randomly selected psychiatric readmitted patients and registered their demographic data (including age, sex, job, marital status, and educational level), and psychiatric clinical data including ...

background and objectives: patient readmission is an important criterion in performance evaluation of healthcare settings. identifying the causes of the readmissions would help the policymakers in designing strategies for efficient management of health facilities. this stud aimed to explore factors contributing to readmission by sampling from an iranian hospital. methods: clinical records of 38...

objective: non-compliance is one of the major problems in treatment of patients with schizophrenia. it is also the most significant risk factor for relapse and re-hospitalization. previous studies showed that 25-70% of all patients with schizophrenia have negative attitudes to drugs. therefore, the present study aimed to identify the relationship between drug attitude and discharge and the rate...

background: despite the positive outcomes reported with cardiac rehabilitation (cr), its impacts have been reported to be different from a region or country to another, which may be due to the different contents of rehabilitation programs. objectives: to investigate the effect of cr on cardiovascular risk factors. patients and methods: this is a retrospective cohort study on the data from imam ...

introduction:   renal transplantation are admitted to emergency department (ed) more than normal population. the present brief report aimed to determine the reasons of renal transplant patients’ ed visits. methods: this retrospective case series study analyzed the reasons of renal transplant recipients’ admission to one ed between 2011 and 2014. the patient data were collected via a checklist a...

Background and Objectives: Patient readmission is an important criterion in performance evaluation of healthcare settings. Identifying the causes of the readmissions would help the policymakers in designing strategies for efficient management of health facilities. This stud aimed to explore factors contributing to readmission by sampling from an Iranian hospital. Methods: Clinical records of ...

conclusions this study will be an important step in creating an evidence base for the relative benefits of different educational strategies for reducing readmissions. results patients correctly answered three out of four, or 75%, of self-care teach-back questions. in the intervention group, greater time spent teaching was significantly associated with correctly answered questions (p < .001). th...

background at altnagelvin, a district general hospital in northern ireland, we have observed that a significant number of hip fracture admissions are later readmitted for treatment of other medical conditions. these readmissions place increasing stress on the already significant burden that orthopedic trauma poses on national health services. objectives the aim of this study was to review a ser...

Background: Open heart surgery is a prevalent therapeutic intervention for cardiovascular diseases. Significant adverse effects occur after heart surgery, one of which is patient readmission to the hospital. Objective: The present study aimed to determine the relationship between performance indicators and the readmission of patients with open heart surge...