Socio-demographic Predictors of Hospitalization Duration Among Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder.

ABSTRACT: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a complex psychopathology associated with high service utilization rates. In turn, the hospitalization of BPD patients is a controversial challenge for mental health professionals. Prior literature has identified certain socio-demographic factors as linked to an increased risk of BPD. In this study, we examined the possible connection between these socio-demographic factors and hospitalization duration. We analyzed 1077 hospitalization records of 200 BPD-diagnosed patients. Patients' gender, age, education level, employment and marital statuses, and living arrangement were statistically significantly linked with hospitalization duration. Specifically, female gender, age twenty or below, no high-school diploma (or, to a lesser extent, a diploma with

SUBMITTER: Yaniv-Rosenfeld A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12449330 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature