title: Predictors of successful rehabilitation in long-stay patients.
abstract: Fifty-one long-stay psychiatric patients admitted to a new rehabilitation unit were followed up for 3-4 years. Two groups were identified, one (n = 29) where significant progress had been made, and a second (n = 22) where no significant progress had been made. The groups were compared on a number of demographic measures and on measures of mental state, social behaviour, self-care skills, and work performance in hospital. The only items which successfully differentiated the groups related to self-care skills such as use of money, catering ability, and care of clothes. The implications of these findings for future rehabilitation policy are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000534:rehabilitation; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation