Factors Influencing Rehospitalisation of Patients with Schizophrenia in Japan: A 1-year Longitudinal Study

Objective/Background This longitudinal study explored factors influencing the rehospitalisation of patients with schizophrenia in Japan. Methods Participants comprised patients with schizophrenia who were discharged from a psychiatric hospital in Japan. The investigations were conducted at the time of discharge and one year later. Demographics and clinical characteristics included the following: the type of occupational therapy (OT) interventions (group and individualized or group only); the assessment scales’ scores on hospitalisation; the community living conditions after discharge; and the contents of outpatient treatment (outpatient OT, day-care treatment, home-visit nursing, and adherence to outpatient treatment and medication). All variables were examined in a binomial logistic regression analysis to identify the factors for rehospitalisation. Results The rehospitalisation rate was 31.8%, as 14 of 44 participants were rehospitalised within one year after discharge. The type of OT interventions (OR = 7.05, 95% CI = 1.36 −36.69, p = .020) and the adherence to outpatient treatment and medication (OR = 9.48, 95% CI = 1.82–49.33, p = .008) were significant contributing factors to rehospitalisation. Conclusion This study provided preliminary support for the finding that individualized occupational therapy and proper adherence to outpatient treatment and medication are associated with reducing the rehospitalisation of patients with schizophrenia in Japan.

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A Longitudinal Study of Factors Influencing Occupational Therapy Students' Practice Preference from Pre-Admission Through Job Selection

Occupational Therapy in Mental Health ◽

10.1300/j004v16n01_04 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 53-76 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

James E. Hulse ◽

Sandra H. Cash ◽

Dianne F. Simons

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Occupational Therapy ◽

Occupational Therapy Students ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Job Selection ◽

Practice Preference

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The effects of solitary confinement: Commentary on one year longitudinal study of the psychological effects of administrative segregation

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e681132012-001 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

Peter Scharff Smith

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Psychological Effects ◽

Solitary Confinement ◽

Administrative Segregation ◽

One Year

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Nurse’s knowledge and Awareness Regarding Cervical Cancer and its Prevention in Different Hospitals of Quetta, Pakistan

Research in Pharmacy and Health Sciences ◽

10.32463/rphs.2018.v04i01.06 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 436-441

Author(s):

Saba Haider ◽

Noman Ul Haq ◽

Sohail Riaz ◽

Aqeel Nasim ◽

Muhammad Saood ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cervical Cancer ◽

Family History ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Knowledge Score ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Contributing Factors ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Adequate Knowledge ◽

Current Area ◽

One Year

Objective: This study aimed to assess the knowledge and awareness regarding cervical cancer and its prevention among nurses working in different hospitals of Quetta, Pakistan. Methodology: The cross sectional, descriptive study was conducted by using structured questionnaire in different hospitals of Quetta from January to September 2016. Convenient sampling technique was applied by targeting all the nurses working in different hospitals of Quetta city. Study questionnaire was developed and tested for validity and reliability. Descriptive and inferential statistics (Mann Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis tests, p<0.05) were used to assess the significance among study variables and were performed by using IBM SPSS v.20. Results: Out of 415 distributed questionnaires 324 were returned (response rate of 78%). The mean Age of respondents was 28.18 ±9.5 years. Majority (n=127, 43.3%) of participants were interns and had no or less than one year of experience (n=128, 43.7%) with negative family history of any cancer (n=275, 93.9%). Mean knowledge score was 18.52±4.84with majority (n=258, 88.1%) had adequate knowledge regarding cervical cancer. Respondent sage, current area of practice, qualification, Institute of degree and past family history were contributing factors (p > 0.05) in adequate knowledge in this study. The results also reviled that not only 68.3% (n=200) and 65.5% (n=192) respondents knew that cervical cancer is vaccine preventable and availability of the vaccine for it. Conclusions: Nurses working in different hospitals of Quetta city had better understanding of the disease cervical cancer and its prevention. Yet many of the respondent are not aware of it vaccine and its availability.

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»Sometimes you just have to go in « – The link between conspiracy beliefs and political action

10.31234/osf.io/bdrxc ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Pia Lamberty ◽

David Leiser

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Political Action ◽

Conspiracy Theories ◽

Political Issues ◽

Conspiracy Beliefs ◽

Violent Action ◽

One Year

Even though conspiracy theories often address political issues, the question of how conspiracy beliefs affect people's political action has not been satisfyingly answered. We show how conspiracy beliefs are linked to political action. Study 1 (N = 203) shows that conspiracy beliefs were linked to violence. Study 2 (N = 268) supported the notion that conspiracy beliefs were linked to weaker support for normative actions and stronger support of violent action. In Study 3 (N = 180), we explored experimentally whether conspiracy beliefs increase violent action. The longitudinal Study 4 (N T1 = 523, N T2 = 274, N T3 = 199) showed over a timespan of one year that conspiracy beliefs increased non-normative political action.

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The search for causality of personality-chronotype associations: insights from a one-year longitudinal study of adolescents

Chronobiology International ◽

10.1080/07420528.2020.1867157 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Maciej Stolarski ◽

Joanna Gorgol ◽

Gerald Matthews

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

One Year

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Guideline concordance and outcome in long-term naturalistic treatment of bipolar disorder - a one-year longitudinal study using latent change models

Journal of Affective Disorders ◽

10.1016/j.jad.2020.12.106 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Joannes W. Renes ◽

Dominique F. Maciejewski ◽

Eline J. Regeer ◽

Adriaan W. Hoogendoorn ◽

Willem A. Nolen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Bipolar Disorder ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Change Models ◽

One Year

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Working memory and fluid intelligence predict reading comprehension in school‐age children: a one‐year longitudinal study

Applied Cognitive Psychology ◽

10.1002/acp.3841 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Santiago Vernucci ◽

Yesica Aydmune ◽

María Laura Andrés ◽

Débora Inés Burin ◽

Lorena Canet‐Juric

Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Reading Comprehension ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Fluid Intelligence ◽

School Age Children ◽

School Age ◽

One Year

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A longitudinal study on emotional distress among local government staff seven years after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-021-10726-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Yunge Fan ◽

Lili Guan ◽

Hu Xiang ◽

Xianmei Yang ◽

Guoping Huang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Local Government ◽

Wenchuan Earthquake ◽

Emotional Distress ◽

Early Stage ◽

2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽

The 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽

One Year ◽

Self Reporting Questionnaire ◽

Over Time

Abstract Background The current study examined the change in local government staff’s emotional distress over 7 years after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, and the influence of earthquake exposure and professional quality of life (ProQOL) on emotional distress. Methods This longitudinal study assessed 250 participants at 1 year after the earthquake; 162 (64.8%) were followed up at 7 years. Emotional distress was assessed with the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ) at both time points. We assessed ProQOL, including compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress, and earthquake exposure at 1 year. Wilcoxon signed-rank tests were performed to test longitudinal changes in emotional distress. Hierarchical multiple regression was conducted to examine the effect of earthquake exposure and ProQOL. Results The positive screening rate of emotional distress (SRQ ≥ 8) was 37.6 and 15.4% at one and 7 years, respectively. Emotional distress scores declined over time (p < 0.001). Earthquake exposure and ProQOL predicted one-year (ps < 0.05) but not seven-year emotional distress, whereas burnout predicted both one-year (p = 0.018) and seven-year (p = 0.047) emotional distress. Conclusions Although emotional distress can recover over time, it persists even 7 years later. Actions to reduce burnout during the early stage of post-disaster rescue have long-term benefits to staff’s psychological outcomes.

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