A contribution to rehospitalization of schizophrenics.
A statistical investigation of rehospitalization was carried out retrospectively on 148 schizophrenics who had been repeatedly admitted to our university clinic during a time span of 24 years. The length of rehospitalizations as well as that of intervals were investigated in addition to the rehospitalization rate. These results were discussed chiefly in relation to sex and to the marital state. Finally, the relationship between relapses and rehospitalizations was surveyed on the patients who had been observed for more than 10 years.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D010359:Patient Readmission; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy*; D012737:Sex Factors