Non-psychiatric hospitalization length-of-stay for patients with psychotic disorders: A mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patients with psychotic disorders experience higher rates of chronic and acute non-psychotic diseases and have frequent non-psychiatric hospitalizations which result in both longer and more varied length-of-stay (LoS) than other patients. This study seeks to use a patient-centered perspective to examine LoS.

Methods

This article reports Phase Two of a mixed methods, exploratory sequential study on non-psychiatric hospitalizations for individuals with psychotic disorders. Patients' experiences were used to guide a quantitative analysis of LoS using a general linear model.

Results

Medical comorbidities were the patient characteristics which had the largest effect on LoS. Certain processes of care highlighted by patients from Phase One were also associated with

SUBMITTER: Weissinger GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7722147 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov - Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature