Discharge against medical advice among children in Oman : a university hospital experience
العناوين الأخرى
الخروج ضد المشورة الطبية بين الأطفال في عمان : تجربة مستشفى جامعي
المؤلف
المصدر
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
العدد
المجلد 13، العدد 4 (30 نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني 2013)، ص ص. 534-538، 5ص.
الناشر
جامعة السلطان قابوس كلية الطب و العلوم الصحية
تاريخ النشر
2013-11-30
دولة النشر
سلطنة عمان
عدد الصفحات
5
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Discharge against medical advice (DAMA) is a major problem in healthcare delivery as it can complicate the health problems from which patients are suffering.
The aim of this study was to understand DAMA among children in a tertiary teaching hospital in Oman and to evaluate the documentation of the events in the medical records.
Methods: A retrospective survey of the medical records of patients discharged against medical advice over a two-year interval was performed (2004–2006).
Results: Of the 11,802 admissions, there were 38 cases of DAMA, giving a prevalence rate of 0.32%.
In 39.5% of the cases, the discharge happened within 24 hours of hospital admission.
The majority of the cases were infants (n = 24; 63.25%).
The diagnosis at discharge in some cases included life-threatening conditions.
However, in 57.9% of the cases, the reasons for DAMA were neither reported nor documented in the patients’ medical records.
Conclusion: Although the results of this study yielded a low prevalence rate compared to the rates reported in other studies, the occurrence of DAMA for children in a tertiary hospital is a distressing phenomenon.
It was evident that the documentation of the DAMA process was poor.
More studies should be conducted to understand the details of the problem.
Policies should be established and implemented in order to attempt to reduce DAMA among child patients and to protect them from the consequences of such discharges.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
al-Sadun, Muna. 2013. Discharge against medical advice among children in Oman : a university hospital experience. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal،Vol. 13, no. 4, pp.534-538.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-642392
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
al-Sadun, Muna. Discharge against medical advice among children in Oman : a university hospital experience. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal Vol. 13, no. 4 (Nov. 2013), pp.534-538.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-642392
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
al-Sadun, Muna. Discharge against medical advice among children in Oman : a university hospital experience. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2013. Vol. 13, no. 4, pp.534-538.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-642392
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references : p. 538
رقم السجل
BIM-642392
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر