Predictors of Compulsory Re-admission to Psychiatric Inpatient Care
Objective: This prospective study addresses risk factors of compulsory re-admission focusing on the role of the patient's subjective symptom distress and perceived social support, based on comprehensive patient and external (clinicians, study staff) assessments.Methods: Of the baseline sample,...
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| author | Barbara Lay Wolfram Kawohl Wolfram Kawohl Wulf Rössler Wulf Rössler Wulf Rössler |
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| description | Objective: This prospective study addresses risk factors of compulsory re-admission focusing on the role of the patient's subjective symptom distress and perceived social support, based on comprehensive patient and external (clinicians, study staff) assessments.Methods: Of the baseline sample, 168 (71%) patients with serious mental disorders, who had been compulsorily admitted to psychiatric inpatient care, were followed over 24 months after discharge within the framework of a RCT.Results: During this time 36% had compulsory re-admissions; risk was highest immediately after discharge. Regression models identified a history of previous compulsory hospitalisations and compulsory admission due to endangerment of others as the predictors most strongly associated with the outcome. Patients diagnosed with a psychotic disorder or an emotionally instable or combined personality disorder were most likely to experience compulsory re-hospitalisation, with poor response to treatment further significantly increasing the risk. The patient ratings of subjective symptom distress or perceived social support had no predictive value for compulsory re-admission, and this study did not provide evidence for a significant prognostic relevance of sociodemographic background factors.Conclusions: The present findings suggest that within individual-level variables disease-related factors are essentially the strongest predictors, but including the patients' subjective perspective does not enhance the prediction of compulsory re-hospitalisation. The psychiatric treatment of patients with recurrent and often challenging behavioural problems, at the more severe end of the spectrum of mental disorders, deserves closer attention if the use of compulsory hospitalisation is to be reduced. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c2ec47ae7f1e4aedb10c3b73f131de912022-12-22T01:30:08ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402019-03-011010.3389/fpsyt.2019.00120445883Predictors of Compulsory Re-admission to Psychiatric Inpatient CareBarbara Lay0Wolfram Kawohl1Wolfram Kawohl2Wulf Rössler3Wulf Rössler4Wulf Rössler5Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Psychiatrische Dienste Aargau AG, Windisch, SwitzerlandKlinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Psychiatrische Dienste Aargau AG, Windisch, SwitzerlandDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, Zurich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, Zurich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, GermanyLaboratory of Neuroscience (LIM 27), Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilObjective: This prospective study addresses risk factors of compulsory re-admission focusing on the role of the patient's subjective symptom distress and perceived social support, based on comprehensive patient and external (clinicians, study staff) assessments.Methods: Of the baseline sample, 168 (71%) patients with serious mental disorders, who had been compulsorily admitted to psychiatric inpatient care, were followed over 24 months after discharge within the framework of a RCT.Results: During this time 36% had compulsory re-admissions; risk was highest immediately after discharge. Regression models identified a history of previous compulsory hospitalisations and compulsory admission due to endangerment of others as the predictors most strongly associated with the outcome. Patients diagnosed with a psychotic disorder or an emotionally instable or combined personality disorder were most likely to experience compulsory re-hospitalisation, with poor response to treatment further significantly increasing the risk. The patient ratings of subjective symptom distress or perceived social support had no predictive value for compulsory re-admission, and this study did not provide evidence for a significant prognostic relevance of sociodemographic background factors.Conclusions: The present findings suggest that within individual-level variables disease-related factors are essentially the strongest predictors, but including the patients' subjective perspective does not enhance the prediction of compulsory re-hospitalisation. The psychiatric treatment of patients with recurrent and often challenging behavioural problems, at the more severe end of the spectrum of mental disorders, deserves closer attention if the use of compulsory hospitalisation is to be reduced.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00120/fullcompulsory psychiatric hospitalisationsevere mental disorderspsychotic disorderpersonality disorderrisk factorsprospective study |
| spellingShingle | Barbara Lay Wolfram Kawohl Wolfram Kawohl Wulf Rössler Wulf Rössler Wulf Rössler Predictors of Compulsory Re-admission to Psychiatric Inpatient Care Frontiers in Psychiatry compulsory psychiatric hospitalisation severe mental disorders psychotic disorder personality disorder risk factors prospective study |
| title | Predictors of Compulsory Re-admission to Psychiatric Inpatient Care |
| title_full | Predictors of Compulsory Re-admission to Psychiatric Inpatient Care |
| title_fullStr | Predictors of Compulsory Re-admission to Psychiatric Inpatient Care |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predictors of Compulsory Re-admission to Psychiatric Inpatient Care |
| title_short | Predictors of Compulsory Re-admission to Psychiatric Inpatient Care |
| title_sort | predictors of compulsory re admission to psychiatric inpatient care |
| topic | compulsory psychiatric hospitalisation severe mental disorders psychotic disorder personality disorder risk factors prospective study |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00120/full |
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