Objective: To examine barriers to community integration treatment (CIT) among a consecutive sample of referrals.
Although the sample of referrals was reasonably large, it may suffer from selection bias as it was derived from a group of 25 GPs in a specific region.
Based on qualitative analysis of these meetings a first questionnaire was developed and tested in a small sample of referrals (30).
Demographic, diagnostic and clinical information on a prospective sample of referrals to a UK adult forensic service was gathered (n = 195).
First, the cohort represents a sub-sample of referrals to youth mental health services and biases in referral processes and/or the exclusion of cases that could not be classified could have influenced our findings.
Our study has identified the main non-financial predictors for CS in a representative sample of referral hospitals in Senegal and Mali.
Comparison of a random sample of referral letters at baseline (n = 301) and after seven months of referral management (n = 280).
A systematic search of the physiotherapy department records of the hospital, in which the study was taking place, enabled us to retrieve a sample of referral histories.
Using a random number generator we identified a samples of 300 referral letters for two time periods: time 0 (a 60 day period one month after the referral management system became fully operational, October-November 2008) and time 1 (a 30 day period seven months later, July 2009).
Conclusions: Among a sample of consecutive referrals not admitted to CIT, approximately 42% of cases were due to barriers such as reliable transportation, funding for treatment, poor family support, and education about the relevance of CIT.
