精神分裂症和精神分裂情绪障碍:逗留时间和相关因素
Ladawa Y Goga1, Belinda S Marais1
1Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
概括
对于精神分裂症和精神分裂情绪障碍患者来说,更长的住院时间是常见的. 诸如男性性别和治疗阻力等因素与延长住院时间有关,这表明需要更好的社区支持.
科学领域:
- 精神病学和心理健康 精神病学和心理健康
- 临床研究 临床研究
- 医疗保健管理的管理
背景情况:
- 精神分裂症和精神分裂情绪障碍往往需要长时间住院治疗.
- 了解停留时间 (LOS) 对于精神病医院的资源分配至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查精神分裂症和精神分裂情绪障碍患者的逗留时间 (LOS) 并确定相关因素.
- 在一个专门的公共精神病医院分析了4年的趋势.
主要方法:
- 对2015年至2018年期间入院的367名成年患者的回顾性记录审查.
- 平均LOS的计算和分类为短期,中期和长期入境.
- 分析来自患者子集的社会人口统计,临床和结果数据.
主要成果:
- 平均LOS为128天,长期入院的比例很大 (>90天).
- 男性性别,未婚状态,治疗耐药性和克洛扎使用与更长的停留时间有关.
- 观察到高失业率,物质使用障碍,医疗并发症,多药和再接收.
结论:
- 在这种情况下,长期住院是精神分裂症和精神分裂情绪障碍患者的常见要求.
- 建议对社区服务进行进一步的研究,以减少入院时间并改善患者的治疗结果.
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