Introduction: Daycare can be beneficial for constant engagement and also as stepping stone for more functional lifestyle of psychiatry patients. Studies show benefits to people coming regularly such as less frequent relapses, lesser duration of admission during exacerbation, higher probability of being employed, even with once a week engagement in daycare.


Purpose: To assess socio- demographic and clinical variables of patients coming regularly to daycare and to look into association of patients' variables with regularity.


Methods: Data of patients coming regularly (≥ 8 days in a month) to daycare service for 6 months, was collected by reviewing patients' files and registers.


Results: Among 42 regular patients, 75% were females and 54% were from Below Poverty Line background. Most of them were unmarried (75.6%), 75% had diagnosis of Severe Mental Disorder with or without intellectual developmental disorder. Median daycare attendance of patients was significantly higher (146- 161 days, p=0.041) if their file had more notes of any member of multidisciplinary team; psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, psychiatric social worker and nursing staff.


Conclusion: With an open door policy we have at the daycare, persistent availability of multidisciplinary team members and regular sessions will lead to better utilization of daycare services which can lead to better clinical and rehabilitation outcomes.