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ArticleJNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Length of Stay of Psychiatric Admissions in a Tertiary Care Hospital.

Madhur Basnet, Nidesh Sapkota, Suren Limbu, Dharanidhar Baral

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Article in JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  1. The profile of long-stay patients in a psychiatric hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2025
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  3. Factors associated with longer hospital admission in elderly patients with major neurocognitive disorder.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2023
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Madhur BasnetDepartment of Psychiatry, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
Nidesh SapkotaDepartment of Psychiatry, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
Suren LimbuDepartment of Psychiatry, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
Dharanidhar BaralSchool of Public Health and Department of Community Medicine, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe length of stay among psychiatric in-patients is usually longer than that of others. In-patient management is costly and longer length of stay can lead to catastrophic costs. We conducted this study to explore about the length of stay of psychiatric admissions and factors affecting it.

methodsWe collected the data of all the patients admitted to the psychiatric ward of B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences from 1st January 2007 to 31st December 2016 from the database of the medical records section after ethical approval. The sociodemographic and clinical variables were analyzed using SPSS 20.0 version. Length of stay more than 3 weeks was considered as long stay. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify factors associated with length of stay.

resultsThere were 3687 admissions during the study period. The average length of stay was 19.36 (±13.14) days. On logistic regression, the factors associated with shorter length of stay were: male gender (aOR= 0.79, 95%CI: 0.68-0.93), being self employed (aOR= 0.17, 95%CI: 0.12-0.22), homemakers (aOR= 0.18, 95%CI: 0.14-0.24), farmers (aOR= 0.20, 95%CI: 0.15-0.27) and students (aOR= 0.23, 95%CI:0.17-0.32). Similarly, factors associated with longer length of stay were: being from other Eastern Terai districts(aOR=1.37, 95%CI: 1.11-1.70), other Eastern Hill districts (aOR= 1.68; 95%CI: 1.29-2.20), diagnosis of schizophrenia and related disorders (aOR=4.01, 95%CI: 1.34-12.0), having medical co-morbidity (aOR= 3.47; 95%CI: 2.49-4.84) and being readmitted (aOR= 1.23, 95%CI: 1.03-1.47).

conclusionsThere was significant association of length of stay with gender, age, address, occupation, diagnosis and readmission.

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Mental DisordersAdultAge FactorsDemographyFemaleHospitalizationHumansLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedNepalOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient ReadmissionPsychiatric Department, HospitalRisk FactorsSex Factorslength of hospital stay; mental illness; Nepal; psychiatric admission.

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PMID30376003
PMCPMC8997306

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