A Survey on the Long-term Hospitalized, Chronically Mentally-ill Patients in Mental Health Facilities / 신경정신의학
Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
;
: 774-783, 1999.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-196455
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
In an attempt to identify the demographic characteristics and the factors influencing long-term hospitalization of chronically mentally-ill patients, a survey on the chronically mentally-ill patients who had been staying longer than 1 year in mental health facilities was conducted.METHODS:
Checklist including some demographic data that were regarded as independent variables was applied to 3,477 subjects through administration system of Pusan Metropolitan City. Statistical analyse were done using distribution-free, non-parametric tests.RESULTS:
1)Subjects who had been staying longer than 1 year were 70.7% of the total inpatients of mental health facilities, and median duration of their hospitalization was 5.5 years. 2)In mental hospitals and asylums, the ratio of chronically mentally-ill subjects to the total inpatients in each facilitiy was 46.3% and 95.1%, respectively. 3)All of the 10 independent variables had an influence on the hospitalization duration.CONCLUSIONS:
These results indicated that many indirect, extramedical factors had an influence the long-term hospitalization of chronically mentally-ill patients, and it is likely to reflect the underdevelopment of mental health services in Korea.
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Main subject:
Mental Health
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Checklist
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Hospitalization
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Hospitals, Psychiatric
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Inpatients
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Korea
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Mental Health Services
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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