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Department of Psychiatry

2008

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What Do Patients Want From Their Psychiatrist? A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Based Exploratory Study From Karachi, Roomasa Channa, M. N. Siddiqi Feb 2008

What Do Patients Want From Their Psychiatrist? A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Based Exploratory Study From Karachi, Roomasa Channa, M. N. Siddiqi

Department of Psychiatry

Background: The aspects of consultation that are important for psychiatric Patients have always remained a less acknowledged area. The aim of this study was to identify these aspects. Methods: A Cross- sectional, questionnaire based study was carried out in a psychiatry outPatient clinic of two tertiary care hospitals in a developing country. The Patients were asked to fill out the questionnaire containing a total of 11 close-ended questions plus 1 open- ended question. They graded them as not important, important, very important or do not know. Non-psychotic Patients aged 18 and above, visiting the clinic were recruited into the study …