{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["23(1)"],"submitter":["Jia M"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Different countries have differences in social and cultural context and health system, which may affect the clinical characteristics of psychiatric inpatients. This study was the first to compare cross-cultural differences in the clinical characteristics of psychiatric inpatients in three hospitals from Western China and America.<h4>Methods</h4>Overall, 905 and 1318 patients from three hospitals, one in America and two in Western China, respectively, were included. We used a standardised protocol and data collection procedure to record inpatients' sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.<h4>Results</h4>Significant differences were found between hospitals from the two countries. Positive symptoms were the main reason for admission in the Chinese hospitals, while rep"],"journal":["BMC psychiatry"],"pagination":["6"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9811694"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["A comparison of clinical characteristics of psychiatric inpatients in three hospitals from Western China and America."],"pmcid":["PMC9811694"],"pubmed_authors":["Ma Q","Ma X","Zhang L","Jia M","Wang J","Gao C","Yu H","Zhang P","An B","Zhao S","Wang W","Yan B","Wen B","Li B"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A comparison of clinical characteristics of psychiatric inpatients in three hospitals from Western China and America.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Different countries have differences in social and cultural context and health system, which may affect the clinical characteristics of psychiatric inpatients. This study was the first to compare cross-cultural differences in the clinical characteristics of psychiatric inpatients in three hospitals from Western China and America.<h4>Methods</h4>Overall, 905 and 1318 patients from three hospitals, one in America and two in Western China, respectively, were included. We used a standardised protocol and data collection procedure to record inpatients' sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.<h4>Results</h4>Significant differences were found between hospitals from the two countries. Positive symptoms were the main reason for admission in the Chinese hospitals, while rep","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Jan","modification":"2025-04-04T13:53:23.18Z","creation":"2025-02-19T03:30:49.339Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9811694","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36597094"],"doi":["10.1186/s12888-022-04500-2"]}}