Table 4 Discharge and outcome
From: Psychiatric morbidity of overseas patients in inner London: A hospital based study
No of patients (n = 31) | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Mental state on discharge | |||
No or little improvement | 6 | 19 | |
Moderate improvement | 11 | 35 | |
Major improvement | 14 | 45 | |
Contact with relatives-care team in country of origin | |||
Before admission | 1 | 3 | |
At some point after admission | 23 | 74 | |
With care team | 18 patients | ||
With family | 14 patients | ||
With care team and family | 9 patients | ||
No contact made | 7 | 23 | |
Contact with consulates-embassies | |||
Contacted | 16 | 52 | |
Gave information | 9 | ||
Provided travel documents | 4 | ||
Could not help | 3 | ||
Not contacted | 15 | 48 | |
Care Programme Approach | |||
Enhanced CPA | 3 | 10 | |
Follow up by mental health team | 2 | ||
Initiated but discontinued | 1 | ||
Standard CPA | 28 | 90 | |
Patients-relatives agreement with discharge plan | |||
Agreed | 27 | 87 | |
Disagreed | 4 | 13 | |
Absent without leave | 2 | ||
Deferred discharge by MHRT | 1 | ||
Ongoing review under s.86 MHA* | 1 | ||
Outcome on discharge | |||
Repatriated by the hospital | 16 | 52 | |
Discharged to return to country of origin | 6 | 19 | |
Taken home by relatives | 2 | 6 | |
Absent without leave | 2 | 6 | |
Discharged with follow up by the Mental Health Team | 4 | 13 | |
Application made for section 86 MHA* | 1 | 3 | |
Medication on discharge | |||
Supplied to take home | 25 | 81 | |
Not supplied | 6 | 19 | |
Unreliable | 4 | ||
absent without leave | 2 | ||
Average length of treatment (days) | 43.4 | ||
Range 1–365 | |||
Length of treatment according to Mental Health Act status | |||
Voluntary (mean 22.3 days) | 7 | 23 | |
Section 4** (mean 4 days) | 1 | 3 | |
Section 2*** (mean 21 days) | 13 | 42 | |
Section 3**** (mean 91.5 days) | 10 | 32 | |