Follow-up on mental illness in medical inpatients: health care use and self-rated health and physical fitness.
Consecutively admitted internal medical inpatients (N=294) who were psychiatrically assessed with the Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry in a two-phase design were followed up in a review of public files on their use of medical care over 18 months. Self-rated outcome was assessed from health and fitness ratings at admission and after 1 year. ICD-10 mental disorders had a statistically significant impact on the risk (odds ratio) of high use (above the 80th percentile) of primary care, as did ICD-10 anxiety/depression, and worry about illness (as assessed by the Whiteley-7 Scale). The authors found a less-than-significant tendency for mental illness to influence the use of inpatient admissions and self-rated outcome.
Hansen
Morten Steen
MS
Department of Psychiatric Demography, Psychiatric Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. brixhansen@mail.stofanet.dk
Fink
Per
P
Frydenberg
Morten
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006304:Health Status; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D007388:Internal Medicine; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D012647:Self-Assessment