Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder That Affect One-Year Rehospitalization Rate: A Retrospective Study in a University Hospital / 대한정신약물학회지
Korean Journal of Psychopharmacology
;
: 141-148, 2014.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-18401
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This study was designed to investigate the clinical characteristics of patients with major depressive disorder who were rehospitalized within a year in a naturalistic setting at a university hospital.METHODS:
Inpatients with major depressive disorder patients were retrospectively investigated. Data on patients' demographic factors, clinical variables-age, sex, education year, socioeconomic state, marital state, illness duration, length of stay, severity of illness, presence of psychotic features, number of past depressive episodes and hospitalization, family history, comorbidity-were collected. Use of antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers and hypnotics were investigated.RESULTS:
A total of 238 patients participated in the study. No significant differences were observed between one-year rehospitalized group and the non-rehospitalized group in demographic factors and clinical variables except for the number of previous psychiatric hospitalizations. The mean number of previous psychiatric hospitalization was significantly higher in the one-year rehospitalized group than the non-rehospitalized group (0.41+/-0.83 times vs. 0.23+/-0.83 times) (p=0.048). No significant differences in rehospitalized rates were observed among the disparate treatment types. One-year rehospitalization rate was significantly higher in patients who discontinued antidepressants than the patients who continued the antidepressants (15.9% vs. 0%) (p=0.002).CONCLUSION:
The present data suggest that the number of previous psychiatric hospitalizations is higher in patients who were rehospitalized within a year and the discontinuation of antidepressant might be an influencing factor. Further controlled studies are recommended to confirm our findings.
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Main subject:
Antipsychotic Agents
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Demography
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Retrospective Studies
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Depressive Disorder, Major
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Education
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Hospitalization
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Hypnotics and Sedatives
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Inpatients
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Length of Stay
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Antidepressive Agents
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Psychopharmacology
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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