title: [Treatment continuity in schizophrenic patients in ambulatory care. A 5-year follow-up].
abstract: A hundred schizophrenic patients, who were treated in hospital since 1978, referred for out-patient (OP) treatment and consecutively included in a five-year follow-up investigation, were examined regarding their consistency of OP treatment. 16% were not rehospitalised during these five years, whereas 84% were, half of them within thirteen months of hospital discharge. 92% of all the patients, discontinued or ended their OP treatment after an average of 16.2 months. Five years after the beginning of the investigation, 41% were in touch with the OP clinic. The choice of depot neuroleptics instead of short-working ones had no influence on the occurrence of further hospital admissions but shows a correlation with consistency of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Sozialpsychiatrischer Dienst, Psychiatrischen Universitätsklinik, Zürich.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gmür
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tschopp
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D008297:Male; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations
vernacular_title: Die Behandlungskontinuität bei schizophrenen Patienten in der Ambulanz. Eine Fünfjahresnachuntersuchung.