Relationships between descriptive client characteristics and absenteeism from a mental health center

This study was an archival study attempting to determine whether certain descriptive client characteristics are related to high levels of client absenteeism or client attrition. Subjects were 354 former outpatient clients from a community mental health center. Descriptive characteristics such as age income, and treatment latency were taken from information routinely collected for all clients. Correlations revealed no significant relationships between the descriptive client characteristics and either absenteeism or attrition.