The British Journal of Psychiatry 143: 447-450 (1983)
© 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Follow-up study of schizophrenic patients initially treated with home care
S Pai and EJ Roberts
A follow-up enquiry was carried out after two years on 54 patients who had
earlier participated in a controlled experiment on home-care through a
community nurse in Bangalore. Thirty seven of these patients could be
contacted, of whom 21 had undergone the experimental care (home care) and
16 were from the control group, which had been treated by hospital
admission. It was found that the experimental subjects had maintained a
significantly better clinical status than the controls, and had been
readmitted less often.