Factors Associated with Readmission of Patients at a University Hospital Psychiatric Ward in Iran
Table 2
The frequency (column%) distribution of characteristics and psychiatric disorder patients based on the number of admission at Nour (the Psychological Ward) Hospital, Isfahan, Iran from 2004 to 2010.
Characteristics
Number of patients
Number of admission
P value
One time (%)
Two times (%)
≥three times (%)
Sex
Male
2158
1774 (54.9)
275 (55)
109 (55.1)
0.998
Female
1777
1461 (45.1)
226 (45)
90 (44.9)
Age
<20 years
339
278 (8.6)
44 (8.8)
17 (8.5)
0.400
20–39
2499
2045 (63.3)
330 (65.9)
124 (62.3)
40–59
931
769 (23.8)
111 (22.2)
51 (25.6)
≥60
161
138 (4.3)
16 (3.2)
7 (3.5)
Material status
Single
1608
1319 (40.8)
204 (40.7)
85 (42.7)
0.009
Marriage
2082
1735 (53.7)
249 (49.7)
98 (49.2)
Divorce
243
179 (5.5)
48 (9.6)
16 (8.1)
Education
Illiterate
272
228 (7.2)
30 (6)
14 (7.1)
Primary and secondary
1071
869 (27.4)
124 (24.8)
51 (25.7)
.121
High school
2045
1661 (52.3)
275 (55)
109 (55.1)
Higher
510
415 (13.1)
71 (14.2)
24 (12.1)
Type of disorder
Bipolar I
1544
1243 (38.4)
208 (41.6)
93 (46.7)
0.037
Psychotic
1119
904 (27.9)
154 (30.8)
61 (30.6)
0.311
Depression
626
521 (16.1)
79 (15.8)
26 (13.1)
0.525
Anxiety
471
381 (11.8)
58 (11.6)
32 (16.1)
0.187
Bipolar NOS
279
240 (7.4)
31 (6.2)
8 (4)
0.139
Bipolar II
274
228 (7.1)
33 (6.6)
13 (6.5)
0.912
Cognitive or misusing drugs
251
210 (6.5)
30 (6)
11 (5.5)
0.823
Alcohol
Yes
229
183 (5.6)
33 (6.6)
13 (6.5)
0.631
Smoking
Yes
1124
907 (28.1)
146 (29.2)
71 (35.7)
0.067
Cannabis
Yes
147
124 (3.8)
15 (3)
8 (4)
0.649
Opium
Yes
380
303 (9.4)
54 (10.8)
23 (11.6)
0.445
Self-report history of previous admissions
Yes
617
431 (13.3)
117 (23.4)
69 (34.7)
<0.001
Self report history of suicide
Yes
442
366 (11.3)
55 (11)
21 (10.6)
0.902
Length of the current episode before hospitalization
