Management of Physical Health Conditions in Old Age Psychiatry: A Quality Improvement Project
Aims: Psychiatric patients on elderly psychiatric wards often have multiple physical comorbidities and there is also a clear link between mental and physical health. Trainees on old age psychiatry wards, both during the day and on call, have to manage acute and routine medical conditions. We wanted...
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| description | Aims: Psychiatric patients on elderly psychiatric wards often have multiple physical comorbidities and there is also a clear link between mental and physical health. Trainees on old age psychiatry wards, both during the day and on call, have to manage acute and routine medical conditions. We wanted to evaluate how confident trainees find managing acute and routine medical conditions on the psychiatry wards, and whether they know where to gain advice from. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2d43a02128b84e7db73c3d6eea5898002025-08-20T02:50:52ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242025-06-0111S124S12410.1192/bjo.2025.10350Management of Physical Health Conditions in Old Age Psychiatry: A Quality Improvement ProjectTamara Chithiramohan0Umar Valera1Atish Chamunda2Jennifer Hughes3Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Leicester, United KingdomLeicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Leicester, United KingdomUniversity Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, United KingdomLeicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Leicester, United KingdomAims: Psychiatric patients on elderly psychiatric wards often have multiple physical comorbidities and there is also a clear link between mental and physical health. Trainees on old age psychiatry wards, both during the day and on call, have to manage acute and routine medical conditions. We wanted to evaluate how confident trainees find managing acute and routine medical conditions on the psychiatry wards, and whether they know where to gain advice from.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425103505/type/journal_article |
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| title | Management of Physical Health Conditions in Old Age Psychiatry: A Quality Improvement Project |
| title_full | Management of Physical Health Conditions in Old Age Psychiatry: A Quality Improvement Project |
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| title_short | Management of Physical Health Conditions in Old Age Psychiatry: A Quality Improvement Project |
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