Investigating the causes of leave with personal consent in patients admitted to the emergency department

Faraji, Mehrdad; Azadpour, Ali; Javadzadeh, Hamid Reza; Mahmoudi, Sadrollah; Shahjooie, Fahimeh; Goudarzi, Hasan

doi:10.30491/ijtmgh.2023.426933.1391

Investigating the causes of leave with personal consent in patients admitted to the emergency department

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mehrdad Faraji ¹

Ali Azadpour ¹

Hamid Reza Javadzadeh ¹

Sadrollah Mahmoudi ²

Fahimeh Shahjooie ¹

Hasan Goudarzi ¹

¹ Trauma Research Center, Clinical Sciences Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

² Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

10.30491/ijtmgh.2023.426933.1391

Abstract

Introduction: Clearance with personal consent is a common problem in healthcare systems. Clearance with consent individuals increases mortality, disability, and disease exacerbation. This study investigates the extent and causes of discharge with personal consent in patients admitted to the emergency department of Baqiyatallah Hospital in Tehran.
Methods: This study is a cross-sectional study that was conducted in 2019 in the emergency room of Baqiyatallah Hospital in Tehran was performed. The research community of all hospitalized patients discharged with personal consent in the summer and autumn of winter was from the emergency room. The research sample was selected by census. A checklist with confirmed validity and reliability was used to collect the data.
Results: Based on the findings, the discharge rate with personal consent in the emergency room of Baqiyatallah Hospital in Tehran in the summer-autumn-winter of 2019 was equal to 1.82%. Most of the patients were male, employed, and native to Tehran. They were hospitalized in the acute care ward. Most have armed force insurance and are discharged on a night shift with an average age of 40 and a standard deviation of 62. This document was truncated here because it was created in the Evaluation Mode.
Conclusion: The residence of patients discharged with personal satisfaction has a significant relationship with factors related to the patient. Also, the residence and life of patients discharged with personal satisfaction are significantly related to the patient's reason and the job. Patients discharged with personal satisfaction have a significant relationship with the factors related to the hospital condition. The insurance of patients discharged by personal satisfaction has a significant relationship with the factors related to the hospital. Also, the place of residence and emergency departments of patients discharged by personal satisfaction with related factors. It has a significant relationship with the hospital staff, the job, and the reason for hospitalization of discharged patients with personal satisfaction, which has a significant relationship with the factors related to the hospital's condition.

Keywords

Discharge

personal consent

hospital

admissions