[Length of psychiatric hospitalizations: a clinical and socio-demographic characterization].

Autor:	Chebar D; Unidad Internación de mujeres, Hospital de Emergencias Psiquiátricas T. de Alvear, Buenos Aires, Argentina. E-mail: damianchebar@gmail.com., Alba P, Alarcán H, Fassi G, Losanovsky Perel V, Mazaira S, Martino DJ; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Jazyk:	Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj:	Vertex (Buenos Aires, Argentina) [Vertex] 2020 Apr; Vol. XXX (148), pp. 1-6.
DOI:	10.53680/vertex.v30i148.124
Abstrakt:	Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the clinical, socio-demographic, and therapeutic variables associated with the length of hospitalization in a psychiatric emergency hospital in Buenos Aires City. Method: The present retrospective analytical study included 350 consecutively admitted patients aged 18-65, from June 2013 until December 2017 in a public psychiatric hospital in Buenos Aires City. Data collected included socio-demographic, clinical and discharge conditions. Results: Variables that predicted the length of hospitalization were: diagnosis of psychosis, the use of lithium and anticonvulsants, unemployment, no economic autonomy, not have formed a family and have modified the living support group during the hospitalization. Conclusion: The representative of social and economic vulnerability variables were associated with the utilization of psychiatric inpatient beds. Public policies are requested to interrupt the relationship between poverty and mental pathology. Competing Interests: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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