[Frequency of remission in schizophrenia patients at one year follow-up].
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.
Zimmermann
Jörg
J
Ev. Krankenhaus Bethanien der Johanna-Odebrecht-Stiftung, Greifswald. zimmermann@odebrecht-stiftung.de
Wolter
Arne
A
Hannöver
Wolfgang
W
Krischke
Norbert
N
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