Limited predictive value of admission time in clinical psychiatry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A large proportion of admissions to psychiatric hospitals happen as emergency admissions and many of them occur out of core working hours (during the weekends, on public holidays and during night time). However, very little is known about what determines admission times and whether the information of admission time bears any relevance for the clinical course of the patients. In other words, do admission times correlate with diagnostic groups? Can accumulations of crises be detected regarding circadian or weekly rhythms? Can any differences between workdays and weekends/public holidays be detected? May it even be possible to use information on admission times as a predictor for clinical relevance and severity of the presented condition measured by the length of stay?

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SUBMITTER: Kreuzer PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7663873 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature