TY - JOUR
T1 - Analysis of psychiatric inpatients in a general hospital
AU - Chiou, N. M.
AU - Chen, C. Y.
AU - Chen, C. C.
AU - Liu, C. Y.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - A descriptive study on psychiatric inpatients of a general hospital was conducted. During a four-year- and -ten-month period, 1390 hospitalization admissions were analysed. Among them, 436 (31.4%) were diagnosed as mood disorder, 431 (31.0%) were schizophrenia, followed by other psychosis (231 admissions, 16.6%), organic mental disorder (164 admissions, 11.8%), neurosis (116 admissions, 8.3%) and other mental disorders (12 admissions, 0.9%). Male was predominant in organic mental disorders, while female was predominant in all the other diagnosis. The mean of hospitalization days was 34.7 +/- 27.4 days. Readmission was noted in 47.1% of total admissions, indicating that "revolving door syndrome" was also noted among mentally ill in our country. Schizophrenic patients had the longest hospitalizations and the highest readmission rate. Patients who were discharged against advise comprise 14.6% of all admissions. This frequency is within the estimate of 6.8% and 23.4% in other hospitals. Others characteristics of psychiatric inpatients in the general hospital were also discussed.
AB - A descriptive study on psychiatric inpatients of a general hospital was conducted. During a four-year- and -ten-month period, 1390 hospitalization admissions were analysed. Among them, 436 (31.4%) were diagnosed as mood disorder, 431 (31.0%) were schizophrenia, followed by other psychosis (231 admissions, 16.6%), organic mental disorder (164 admissions, 11.8%), neurosis (116 admissions, 8.3%) and other mental disorders (12 admissions, 0.9%). Male was predominant in organic mental disorders, while female was predominant in all the other diagnosis. The mean of hospitalization days was 34.7 +/- 27.4 days. Readmission was noted in 47.1% of total admissions, indicating that "revolving door syndrome" was also noted among mentally ill in our country. Schizophrenic patients had the longest hospitalizations and the highest readmission rate. Patients who were discharged against advise comprise 14.6% of all admissions. This frequency is within the estimate of 6.8% and 23.4% in other hospitals. Others characteristics of psychiatric inpatients in the general hospital were also discussed.
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M3 - 文章
C2 - 7954005
AN - SCOPUS:0028504512
SN - 0255-8270
VL - 17
SP - 255
EP - 263
JO - Chang Gung Medical Journal
JF - Chang Gung Medical Journal
IS - 3
ER -
