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Demographic and clinical characteristics as predictors of readmission: A one‐year follow‐up
Author(s) -
Munley Patrick H.,
Hyer Leon A.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197810)34:4<833::aid-jclp2270340403>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , stepwise regression , regression analysis , psychology , psychiatry , medicine , demography , clinical psychology , statistics , mathematics , economics , macroeconomics , sociology
Follows up an earlier investigation in which demographic and clinical characteristics of psychiatric patients were used to predict readmission within 3 months of discharge. In the initial study, stepwise multiple regression analysis identified six variables as the optimal set of predictors for readmission within 3 months of discharge: type of discharge, number of prior psychiatric hospitalizations, race, suicide attempt within 1 month of admission, subjective report of depression upon admission, and occupational level ( R = 0.452). In the present study the same sample was followed up at 1 year after discharge, and demographic and clinical variables were used to predict readmission within 1 year of discharge. Stepwise multiple regression analysis identified three variables as the optimal set of predictors for readmission within 1 year of discharge: past history of suicidal behavior, subjective report of depression upon admission, and number of prior psychiatric hospitalizations. Changes in predictors as a function of lenght of follow‐up period are considered, and implications of the findings for identifying high‐risk readmission candidates are discussed.