Table 2 Characteristics of 449 patients discharged from emergency psychiatric care units in Japan
Patient characteristic | Mean (SD) or n (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Age at admission, year (median = 43.0) | 44.9 | (17.3) |
Sex, male | 206 | (45.9) |
Education level | ||
Junior high school | 119 | (26.5) |
High school | 175 | (39.0) |
Vocational school, college | 49 | (10.9) |
University | 69 | (15.4) |
Unidentified | 37 | (8.2) |
Working status before the admission | ||
Full-time | 56 | (12.5) |
Part-time | 47 | (10.5) |
Sheltered employment | 12 | (2.7) |
Employment, unspecified | 28 | (6.2) |
Family business | 54 | (12.0) |
Not engaged in work | 234 | (52.1) |
Unidentified | 18 | (4.0) |
Primary diagnosis, ICD-10 | ||
Schizophrenia, schizotypal, and delusional disorders (F20–F29) | 203 | (45.2) |
Mood (affective) disorders (F30–F39) | 115 | (25.6) |
Psychoactive substance use (F10–F19) | 26 | (5.8) |
Organic (F00–F09) | 25 | (5.6) |
Neurotic, stress-related and somatic (F40–49) | 24 | (5.4) |
Other categories | 56 | (12.5) |
Juridical basis of admission, compulsory | 347 | (77.3) |
Total number of psychiatric admissions | 3.1 | (4.3) |
Physical comorbidity | 103 | (22.9) |
Length of stay, day | 49.0 | (50.9) |
Social functioning at discharge (1–10) | 6.6 | (1.7) |
Current place of residence | ||
Lives alone at own home | 69 | (15.4) |
Cohabitation with family | 306 | (68.2) |
Residential care facility | 26 | (5.8) |
Readmitted to hospital from home | 20 | (4.5) |
Dead shortly after discharge | 2 | (0.5) |
Place of residence unidentified | 26 | (5.8) |
Follow-up outpatient service after discharge | ||
Followed by outpatient service of the hospital | 309 | (68.8) |
Followed by outpatient service of other hospital | 123 | (27.4) |
No follow-up with post-discharge outpatient service | 7 | (1.6) |
Unidentified | 10 | (2.2) |