Journal article
Failure to attend appointments and loss to follow‐up: a prospective study of patients with malignant lymphoma in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abstract
Failure to attend medical appointments (No Show) and loss to follow-up (LTFU) among patients with cancer can adversely affect their treatment and eventual outcome. In a 3-year prospective study of 199 patients with malignant lymphoma, all of those with No Shows were contacted, and reasons given for No Shows were categorized. Of the 340 No Shows, 34.1% were due to hospital-based communication problems, 17.6% to errors in patient communication …
Authors
BROWN S; BELGAUMI A; KOFIDE A; SABBAH R; EZZAT A; LITTLECHILD B; SHOUKRI M; BARR R; LEVIN A
Journal
European Journal of Cancer Care, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 313–317
Publisher
Hindawi
Publication Date
5 2009
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2354.2008.01037.x
ISSN
0961-5423