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[Frequency of remission in schizophrenia patients at one year follow-up]
Jörg Zimmermann1, Arne Wolter, Wolfgang Hannöver
1Ev. Krankenhaus Bethanien der Johanna-Odebrecht-Stiftung, Greifswald. zimmermann@odebrecht-stiftung.de
Objective:
This paper describes the frequency of remission in former inpatients with schizophrenia as well as its relations with sociodemographic and other relevant variables.
Methods:
The characteristics of 88 schizophrenia patients (ICD-10 F20.x) were examined in an extensive quality-monitoring-project at the Ev. Krankenhaus Bethanien Greifswald, Germany, encompassing a one-year follow-up.
Results:
10.2 % of the patients reached remission during the 12-months follow-up. The rate of readmissions was 42.1 %.
Conclusions:
The frequency of remission in our sample is considerably less than the approximated 38 % from previous studies. This might be attributed to selection-bias and lack of representation in previous follow-up studies with schizophrenia inpatients.
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