Mobile phone intervention to reduce dropout from treatment at an outpatient mental health service for older people in Nigeria
Elugbadebo Olufisayo,
Ojagbemi Akinsola,
Gureje Oye
Abstract:Background: Half of older Africans drop out of treatment after a single contact with biomedical mental health services.Objective: This study examined the effect of introducing a mobile phone reminder intervention delivered by volunteering health staff to reduce dropout from an outpatient mental health service for older people in Nigeria.Methods: 405 patients were studied using a quasi-experimental design: 169 who attended clinic pre-intervention (2016-2017) and 236 who attended during intervention (2018-2019).… Show more
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