A multivariate study of psychogeriatric readmissions.
Clinical, demographic and psychosocial items of information were gathered on two samples of 41 single admission cases and 42 readmissions among a population of psychogeriatric patients. Discrominant function analysis indicated that different variables are predictive of readmission for females and males. A discriminant classification procedure demonstrated that contact with family, age and level of education are significant predictors of readmission (93% classification success) for males in the sample, while different factors, community involvement, type of treatment and follow-up, do not attain significance for women.
D000368:Aged; D002965:Classification; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders; D008875:Middle Aged; D009864:Ontario; D010343:Patient Admission; D010359:Patient Readmission; D011336:Probability; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012737:Sex Factors