Rehabilitation of the Institutionalized Patient: Description of a Programme and Follow-up of 60 Patients

1977 ◽  
Vol 130 (5) ◽  
pp. 484-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. H. B. Baker ◽  
T. J. Woods ◽  
J. A. Anderson

SummaryThe programme in an intensive rehabilitation unit in a large psychiatric hospital is described. Features include the use of non-medical staff as primary therapists, the use of a mini-bus to facilitate regular visits by patients to their home areas, the inclusion of the mini-bus driver on weekly staff conferences, the use of sociodrama, the re-organization of hospital money payments to patients, the promotion of relations with community-based facilities through occasional ‘teach-in’ days, and a special liaison social worker providing intensive follow-up after discharge. Rehabilitation was prolonged (average stay about one year) and about half of those selected for rehabilitation from the long-stay wards were discharged. Follow-up showed that these patients benefited from discharge, in spite of a relatively high incidence of psychopathology and of social problems. Those transferred back to long-stay wards showed increased institutionalization.

2002 ◽  
Vol 164 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyasu Iso ◽  
Hironori Imano ◽  
Yuko Nakagawa ◽  
Masahiko Kiyama ◽  
Akihiko Kitamura ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Roma Haresh Paryani ◽  
Vivek Gupta ◽  
Pramila Singh ◽  
Madhur Verma ◽  
Sabira Sheikh ◽  
...  

While risk of tuberculosis (TB) is high among household contacts (HHCs) of pre-extensively drug resistant (pre-XDR) TB and XDR-TB, data on yield of systematic longitudinal screening are lacking. We aim to describe the yield of systematic longitudinal TB contact tracing among HHCs of patients with pre-XDR-TB and XDR-TB. At the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) clinic, Mumbai, India a cohort comprising 518 HHCs of 109 pre-XDR and XDR index cases was enrolled between January 2016 and June 2018. Regular HHC follow-ups were done till one year post treatment of index cases. Of 518 HHCs, 23 had TB (21 on TB treatment and two newly diagnosed) at the time of first visit. Of the rest, 19% HHCs had no follow-ups. Fourteen (3.5%) TB cases were identified among 400 HHCs; incidence rate: 2072/100,000 person-years (95% CI: 1227–3499). The overall yield of household contact tracing was 3% (16/518). Of 14 who were diagnosed with TB during follow-up, six had drug susceptible TB (DSTB); six had pre-XDR-TB and one had XDR-TB. Five of fourteen cases had resistance patterns concordant with their index case. In view of the high incidence of TB among HHCs of pre-XDR and XDR-TB cases, follow-up of HHCs for at least the duration of index cases’ treatment should be considered.


Author(s):  
Terry A. Cronan ◽  
Lynda B. Brooks ◽  
Katherine Kilpatrick ◽  
Silvia M. Bigatti ◽  
Steve Tally

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-16
Author(s):  
Nafisa Huq ◽  
Tarzia Choudhury ◽  
Samia Aziz ◽  
SM Yasir Arafat ◽  
M Omar Rahman

Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. However, it is under recognized and undertreated. Self-rated health is a one-item question that has been used for population health monitoring. It was aimed to examine the prospect of using ‘self-rated health’ (SRH) in identifying people with depression among adult community-based population in Bangladesh over a one-year period controlling for socio-demographic, chronic diseases and symptoms, physical disability, smoking, and life events. We examined data from 3455 participants aged 18 years and above who participated in the 2015 January and 2016 January Health and Socio-Economic Survey of Independent University, Bangladesh. Using multiple logistic regressions, depression at baseline was examined to predict self-rated health at one-year follow-up adjusting for socio-demographic variables, chronic diseases, risk behaviors, and life events. Respondents with depression at baseline had 35% higher odds of reporting poor SRH in the follow-up round compared to those with no depression (OR=1.35, 95% CI=1.03 1.78, P<0.03). SRH may be used by community health workers as a preliminary indicator to identify people who may have depression followed by further screening and management for depression. South East Asia Journal of Public Health Vol.8(1) 2018: 10-16


1989 ◽  
Vol 79 (6) ◽  
pp. 579-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Koponen ◽  
U. Stenbåck ◽  
E. Mattila ◽  
H. Soininen ◽  
K. Reinikainen ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Frazzitta ◽  
Gabriella Bertotti ◽  
Davide Uccellini ◽  
Natalia Boveri ◽  
R. Rovescala ◽  
...  

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease in which gait and balance disturbances are relevant symptoms that respond poorly to pharmacological treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a 4-week inpatient multidisciplinary intensive rehabilitation treatment (MIRT) is effective in improving balance and gait and whether improvements persist at a one-year followup. We studied 20 PD inpatients (stage 3 Hoehn-Yahr) who underwent a MIRT. Outcome measures were UPDRS items for balance (30), falls (13), and walk (29), Berg Balance Scale, six-minute walking test, Timed Up and Go Test, and Comfortable-Fast gait speeds. Patients were evaluated at admission, at the end of the 4-week treatment, and at a 1-year followup. Pharmacological therapy was unchanged during MIRT and follow-up. All outcome measures improved significantly at the end of treatment. At 1-year follow-up control, UPDRS walk and Comfortable-Fast gait speeds still maintained better values with respect to admission (P=0.009,P=0.03,andP=0.02, resp.), while the remaining scales did not differ significantly. Our results demonstrate that the MIRT was effective in improving balance and gait and that the improvement in gait performances was partially maintained also after 1 year.


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