Retrospective review: Factors impacting length of stay in Bipolar Disorder at a tertiary hospital

South African Journal of Psychiatry

 
 
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Title Retrospective review: Factors impacting length of stay in Bipolar Disorder at a tertiary hospital
 
Creator Mkhwebane, Nomsa C. Friedlander, Wendy
 
Subject Psychiatry Bipolar Disorder; length of stay; clinical factors; socio-demographic factors; hospitalisation.
Description Background: Bipolar disorder (BD) is a chronic, disabling mental illness that may require recurrent hospitalisation. The length of hospital stay (LOS) for BD patients is variable, and literature suggests that this is because of clinical and socio-demographic factors.Aim: To determine the average LOS for patients admitted for BD at a hospital and its relation to clinical and socio-demographic factors.Setting: A public tertiary hospital in South Africa.Methods: Clinical and socio-demographic data were obtained from a retrospective record review of patient admissions at a hospital over 1 year. Length of hospital stay, defined as the duration between admission and discharge date, and other variables were retrieved.Results: A total of 215 patients were admitted during the study period. The mean LOS was 30 days. The mean age of the patients was 35.9 years (standard deviation [s.d.] = 12.4, range 18–72 years). There were similar numbers of males and females admitted. Significantly more patients were not married (p  0.001), unemployed (p  0.001), and had a history of substance use (p  0.001). Employed patients were 2.5 times more likely to have a short stay than those unemployed (p = 0.03). There was a statistically significant association between the number of comorbidities and LOS.Conclusion: The study findings align with the literature’s results. The median length of stay was 25 days and was impacted by socio-demographic but not clinical factors.Contribution: The study provided insight into the impact of variable factors in LOS for BD patients.
 
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Contributor Dr W Friedlander for the support & guidance during this research project Professor N Pillay for statistical analysis, My husband "Dr Moses Matlhadisa for the encouragement and on going support, Conny Matlhadisa for her assistance with data capturing.
Date 2024-10-07
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Retrospective record review
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Identifier 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v30i0.2310
 
Source South African Journal of Psychiatry; Vol 30 (2024); 7 pages 2078-6786 1608-9685
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage South Africa 01 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. All patients above the age of 18 who were admitted during the study period for bipolar disorder at CHBAH
Rights Copyright (c) 2024 Nomsa C. Mkhwebane, Wendy Friedlander https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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