title: [Frequency of remission in schizophrenia patients at one year follow-up].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper describes the frequency of remission in former inpatients with schizophrenia as well as its relations with sociodemographic and other relevant variables.
  
  
  METHODS
  The characteristics of 88 schizophrenia patients (ICD-10 F20.x) were examined in an extensive quality-monitoring-project at the Ev. Krankenhaus Bethanien Greifswald, Germany, encompassing a one-year follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  10.2 % of the patients reached remission during the 12-months follow-up. The rate of readmissions was 42.1 %.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The frequency of remission in our sample is considerably less than the approximated 38 % from previous studies. This might be attributed to selection-bias and lack of representation in previous follow-up studies with schizophrenia inpatients.
authors.affiliation: Ev. Krankenhaus Bethanien der Johanna-Odebrecht-Stiftung, Greifswald. zimmermann@odebrecht-stiftung.de
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: Arne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wolter
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hannöver
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Krischke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005858:Germany; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D017749:Total Quality Management; D016896:Treatment Outcome