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Medical Journal of Islamic Republic of Iran، جلد ۲۵، شماره ۴، صفحات ۱۹۴-۱۹۹
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عنوان انگلیسی Pediatric discharge against medical advice: experience from a Nigerian secondary healthcare institution
چکیده انگلیسی مقاله  Abstract Background and Objective: Often, discharge of children against medical advice has a negative effect on the well-being of the patient. To determine the prevalence of discharge against medical advice (DAMA) among hospitalized children and examine the reasons given by parents/guardians for such discharges. Methods: A retrospective 2-year medical records audit of children aged one day to 15 years discharged against medical advice was carried out in a pediatric unit of a secondary health-care facility. Results: The overall prevalence of DAMA was 6.3% while the prevalence among neonates was 7.5%, p>0.05. Sixty-two (56.4%) of all cases were less than 12 months old with neonates accounting for 40 (64.5%) of the 62. The prevalence of DAMA was 2.8 times higher in male neonates compared to female neonates. Thirty two (9.9%) of 322 male neonates compared to 8 (3.7%) of female neonates were DAMA Odd ratio, OR=2.8 95% Confidence Interval, CI= 1.26, 6.20). Majority (65.4%) of the signatories to the discharge documents were the child’s fathers. In only 5.5% of cases were the child’s mothers the signatories. Rate of re-admission was 13.6%. The commonest reason for DAMA in both neonates and older children was financial constraints. Parental disagreement with planned treatment and/or investigations ranked second in the case of neonates. Conclusions: DAMA is a common social pediatric health problem, especially among infants and has multifactorial etiology. Socioeconomic factors, parental misjudgment of improvement and disagreement with treatment plan were found to have a significant bearing to its occurrence.
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نویسندگان مقاله alphonsus n onyiriuka | alphonsus n onyiriuka
department of child health, university of benin teaching hospital, pmb 1111, benin city,nigeria.
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