Gender Differences in Service Use in a Sample of People with Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses
Table 3
Number of admissions in hospital in patients who have been admitted at least one time by gender.
n †
Nadmission‡
Female
Male
Female
Male
CI 95%
Schizophrenia (whole sample)
588
1508
2 (1–43)
2 (1–49)
1.08
(0.96, 1.21)
Subtypes
Paranoid
368
888
1.5 (1–23)
2 (1–25)
0.98
(0.85, 1.14)
Disorganized
33
80
2 (1–25)
2 (1–20)
1.27
(0.79, 2.03)
Catatonic
5
5
5 (1–8)
2 (1–4)
4.40
(1.67, 11.62)**
Undifferentiated
54
100
2.5 (1–37)
2 (1–27)
1.40
(0.96, 2.04)*
Residual
128
435
2 (1–43)
1 (1–49)
1.08
(0.86, 1.36)
Schizophreniform disorder
41
67
1 (1–5)
1 (1–14)
1.39
(0.93, 2.08)
Schizoaffective disorder
233
170
2 (1–37)
2 (1–26)
1.11
(0.88, 1.39)
Delusional disorder
220
138
1 (1–15)
1 (1–20)
1.03
(0.79, 1.34)
Other psychoses nonorganic
23
26
1 (1–5)
1 (1–5)
1.58
(0.96, 2.58)
Brief psychosis
45
54
1 (1–3)
1 (1–7)
1.24
(0.84, 1.84)
Shared psychotic disorder
4
0
na
na
na
na
Psychotic Disorder medical cond.
3
3
na
1 (1–20)
na
na
Substance-induced psychosis
1
22
na
1 (1–4)
1.00
(0.06, 15.99)
Psychotic disorder NOS
283
326
1 (1–16)
1 (1–24)
0.99
(0.80, 1.22)
Total
1441
2314
1 (1–43)
1 (1–49)
1.02
(1.01, 1.03)*
†Number of persons who have been admitted at least one time in hospital. ‡Median and range of admissions during the study period. of adding a new admission for patients who have been admitted at least once, regarding gender, adjusted by age and years of treatment. Men are the reference category.
*
value < 0.1.
**
value < 0.05.
