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Elderly first admissions to psychiatric institutions: Findings of a nationwide Danish cohort
Author(s) -
Kastrup Marianne
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930020306
Subject(s) - danish , medicine , cohort , incidence (geometry) , psychiatry , pediatrics , cohort study , demography , philosophy , linguistics , physics , sociology , optics
A nationwide cohort of first‐time admitted patients aged 65 years or more to Danish psychiatric institutions was followed over a 10‐year period in the Danish psychiatric register. The annual incidence rate was 3.4 males and 3.9 females per 1000. Females were more likely to get an age‐related diagnosis, had more admissions and longer stays than males. 62.6% of the males and 53.9% of the females died as patients or were discharged within one year and not readmitted. More frequently this short‐term group had a non‐psychotic disorder. 21.9% of the males and 27.2% of the females became long‐stay patients and were characterized by organic disorders. 1.9% of the males and 3.2% of the females became revolving‐door patients and were characterized by manic depressive psychoses and organic disorders. In total the annual incidence rate of ‘heavy users’ was estimated to be 0.81 males and 1.14 females per 1000.