ArticleSurgical neurology international2020
Determinants of discharge against medical advice from a rural neurosurgical service in a developing country: A prospective observational study.
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- Magnitude and associated factors of discharge against medical advice among patients treated in the adult Emergency Department at an Ethiopian University Hospital.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2025Article
- Confronting Patients' Refusal to Undergo Treatment: A Cross-Sectional Study of Ethical Attitudes and Intended Behaviour Among Lithuanian Physicians.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Factors affecting discharge against medical advice (DAMA) at a private level 1 trauma centre: A retrospective cohort study.The Indian journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Discharge against Medical Advice at a Teaching Hospital in Ghana.Nursing research and practice · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn low-resource regions of the world, discharge against medical advice (DAMA) is one empiric contributory factor to poor in-hospital outcome that is not often mentioned. This study aims to investigate the determinants of DAMA from a rural neurosurgical service in a developing country.
methodsThis was a prospective observational study of all patients who discharged against medical advice in our service between November 2018 and October 2019.
resultsThere were 88 patients, 67 (76.1%) males, in the study, (M:F = 3.2:1), representing 17.4% of our patient population in the study period. The peak incidence was in the 20-29 years age group which accounted for 37.5% of the cases. About 55% of the patients presented directly to our center; 31.8% were referred from other hospitals, while 3.4% came from traditional caregivers and 1.1% from religious homes. Head injury was the most common indication for presentation (76.1% of the cases). The duration of hospital stay ranged from 2 h to 14 days. Majority of the patients (87.5%) left the hospital within 8 h of presentation. The reason for DAMA was financial constraints in 50% of cases, inadequate health literacy in 20.5%, financial constraints and poor health literacy together in 12.5%, religious misgivings in 4.5%, and traditional belief in 2.3%. Neurotrauma was predictive of early DAMA (
conclusionThe rate of DAMA was high in our study. Financial constraints with other socioeconomic limitations were the most common causes of DAMA in our environment.
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