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10633672

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-3-2
pubmed:abstractText
Absconding by patients from acute psychiatric care poses a significant problem to professional staff, and can involve significant risks for patients and others. This paper describes the methodology of a major prospective study of absconding recently completed in the East End of London, and reports the findings on why patients abscond from hospital. Interviews with 52 patients who returned to their wards showed that they abscond because they are bored, frightened of other patients, feel trapped and confined, have household responsibilities they feel they must fulfil, feel cut off from relatives and friends, or are worried about the security of their home and property. Psychiatric symptoms also contribute to the decision to leave, but in nearly every case patients can give additional and rational reasons for their abscond. Some patients leave impulsively and in anger following unwelcome news about delayed permission for leave or discharge. Others leave specifically in order to carry out some activity outside the hospital. In order to reduce absconding and rejection of care, nurses may need to carefully consider the meaning admission has for patients, and the impact it can have upon their everyday lives.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
N
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1351-0126
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
199-205
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Absconding: why patients leave.
pubmed:affiliation
St Bartholomew School of Nursing and Midwifery, City University, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article