Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
A Retrospective Analysis of Referrals to Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry over a Five-Year Period in a Tertiary Hospital in South Africa
Objective: The aim of this study was to review referrals to the consultation-liaison psychiatric service at Groote Schuur Hospital including the number of referrals, demographic details of referred patients, medical and psychiatric diagnoses, management and outcome over a five-year-period. It was an...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health
2023
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867613314475884544 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author | Romburgh, Bailee Jean |
| author2 | Hoare, Jacqueline |
| author_browse | Hoare, Jacqueline Romburgh, Bailee Jean |
| author_facet | Hoare, Jacqueline Romburgh, Bailee Jean |
| author_sort | Romburgh, Bailee Jean |
| collection | Thesis |
| description | Objective: The aim of this study was to review referrals to the consultation-liaison psychiatric service at Groote Schuur Hospital including the number of referrals, demographic details of referred patients, medical and psychiatric diagnoses, management and outcome over a five-year-period. It was anticipated that referrals had increased on an annual basis. Method: The study was observational and was conducted at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. All inpatients referred to consultation-liaison psychiatry (CLP) during the study period were included. The study information was gathered via data capture sheets that are completed for patients referred to the division. Results: A total of 1978 patients were referred to CLP and analysed in the study. Most referrals occurred in 2018 (n=499; 25.2%). The majority of referrals came from the division of internal medicine (n=607; 30.7%), and the main reasons for referral were unspecified (n=402; 20.3%), suicide/risk assessment (n=333; 16.8%), and other symptoms of mental illness (n=264; 13.3%). The most frequent immediate management included medication initiation or adjustment (n=793; 40.1%), and supportive counselling/psychoeducation (n=511; 25.8%). Conclusion: Referral numbers to the division have increased during the study period as hypothesized. As expected, most referrals came from the internal medicine division. The results from this study highlight the importance of the consultation-liaison service at Groote Schuur Hospital. |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/37795 |
| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
| language | eng |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:34:10.861Z |
| license_str | Not specified — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from UCTD — University of Cape Town Open Access Repository |
| publishDate | 2023 |
| publishDateRange | 2023 |
| publishDateSort | 2023 |
| publisher | Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health |
| publisherStr | Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health |
| record_format | dspace |
| source_str | UCTD — University of Cape Town Open Access Repository |
| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/37795 A Retrospective Analysis of Referrals to Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry over a Five-Year Period in a Tertiary Hospital in South Africa Romburgh, Bailee Jean Hoare, Jacqueline Psychiatry Objective: The aim of this study was to review referrals to the consultation-liaison psychiatric service at Groote Schuur Hospital including the number of referrals, demographic details of referred patients, medical and psychiatric diagnoses, management and outcome over a five-year-period. It was anticipated that referrals had increased on an annual basis. Method: The study was observational and was conducted at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. All inpatients referred to consultation-liaison psychiatry (CLP) during the study period were included. The study information was gathered via data capture sheets that are completed for patients referred to the division. Results: A total of 1978 patients were referred to CLP and analysed in the study. Most referrals occurred in 2018 (n=499; 25.2%). The majority of referrals came from the division of internal medicine (n=607; 30.7%), and the main reasons for referral were unspecified (n=402; 20.3%), suicide/risk assessment (n=333; 16.8%), and other symptoms of mental illness (n=264; 13.3%). The most frequent immediate management included medication initiation or adjustment (n=793; 40.1%), and supportive counselling/psychoeducation (n=511; 25.8%). Conclusion: Referral numbers to the division have increased during the study period as hypothesized. As expected, most referrals came from the internal medicine division. The results from this study highlight the importance of the consultation-liaison service at Groote Schuur Hospital. 2023-04-20T11:24:12Z 2023-04-20T11:24:12Z 2022 2023-04-20T08:58:40Z Master Thesis Masters MMed http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37795 eng application/pdf Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health Faculty of Health Sciences |
| spellingShingle | Psychiatry Romburgh, Bailee Jean A Retrospective Analysis of Referrals to Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry over a Five-Year Period in a Tertiary Hospital in South Africa |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | A Retrospective Analysis of Referrals to Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry over a Five-Year Period in a Tertiary Hospital in South Africa |
| title_full | A Retrospective Analysis of Referrals to Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry over a Five-Year Period in a Tertiary Hospital in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | A Retrospective Analysis of Referrals to Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry over a Five-Year Period in a Tertiary Hospital in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Retrospective Analysis of Referrals to Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry over a Five-Year Period in a Tertiary Hospital in South Africa |
| title_short | A Retrospective Analysis of Referrals to Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry over a Five-Year Period in a Tertiary Hospital in South Africa |
| title_sort | retrospective analysis of referrals to consultation liaison psychiatry over a five year period in a tertiary hospital in south africa |
| topic | Psychiatry |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37795 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT romburghbaileejean aretrospectiveanalysisofreferralstoconsultationliaisonpsychiatryoverafiveyearperiodinatertiaryhospitalinsouthafrica AT romburghbaileejean retrospectiveanalysisofreferralstoconsultationliaisonpsychiatryoverafiveyearperiodinatertiaryhospitalinsouthafrica |