en پژوهشي Research <table class="Table" style="width:692px; margin-left:7px; border-collapse:collapse; border:none" width="692"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid black; width:520px; padding:0cm 7px 0cm 7px; height:73px; border-top:1px solid #c45911; border-right:none; border-left:none" valign="top"><span style="font-size:9pt"><span minion="" pro="" style="font-family:"><b>Introduction</b>: Readmission is an important indicator of poor post-discharge management for psychiatric patients. This study explores the factors influencing psychiatric patient readmission, with a focus on post-discharge follow-up visits.</span></span><br> <span style="font-size:9pt"><span minion="" pro="" style="font-family:"><b>Materials & Methods</b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">: </span></span></b>This retrospective cohort study analyzed the clinical records of psychiatric inpatients over an eight-year period up to 2019. The relationship between various clinical factors during hospitalization (e.g., length of stay, diagnosis, treatment adherence) and post-discharge follow-up leading to readmission was assessed using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, Log-rank test, and Cox regression analysis.<span lang="FA" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:9pt"><span minion="" pro="" style="font-family:"><b>Results</b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">: &nbsp;</span></span></b>The study revealed a 23% readmission rate. Gender, education, length of hospital stay, number of previous hospitalizations, and restraint during hospitalization showed significant associations with post-discharge visits (P < 0.05). Gender, place of hospitalization, and type of discharge were related to the timing of the first post-discharge visit (P < 0.05). Scheduling follow-up visits at discharge was significantly associated with post-discharge follow-up (p = 0.001).</span></span><br> <span style="font-size:9pt"><span minion="" pro="" style="font-family:"><b>Conclusion</b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">: &nbsp;</span></span></b>To reduce or delay readmissions, the study recommends increasing post-discharge visits, minimizing treating psychiatrists, scheduling outpatient follow-up upon discharge, providing psycho-education at discharge (particularly for women and individuals with higher education), addressing patients who leave against medical advice, and conducting telephone follow-up for high-risk patients.</span></span><br> <span style="font-size:9pt"><span minion="" pro="" style="font-family:"><b><span lang="FA" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></b></span></span><br> <br> &nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Patient Readmission, Psychiatry, Risk Factors, Outpatient 34 46 http://jbrms.medilam.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-788-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mandana Haghshenas mandanahaghshenas@yahoo.com 10031947532846006606 10031947532846006606 No Mental Health Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Behnoosh Shahsavaripoor behnooshshp@gmail.com 10031947532846006607 10031947532846006607 No Mental Health Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Masoud AhmadzadAsl m.ahmadzad@gmail.com 10031947532846006608 10031947532846006608 Yes Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada Maryam kheiry m.kheiry@yahoo.com 10031947532846006609 10031947532846006609 No 3 Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Ilam University of Medical sciences, Ilam, Iran Behnam Shariati behnamshariatimd@gmail.com 10031947532846006610 10031947532846006610 No Mental Health Research Center, Psychosocial Health Research Institue, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Farnoush Davoudi fdavoudi@gmail.com 10031947532846006611 10031947532846006611 No Preventive Medicine and Public Health Research Center, Psychosocial Health Research Institute, Community and Family Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Morteza Naserbakht mnaserbakht@gmail.com 10031947532846006612 10031947532846006612 No Mental Health Research Center, Psychosocial Health Research Institue, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran