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Prevalence of comorbidities and correlates of hospital readmission rate in patients with acute mania: A one‐year retrospective data from a tertiary care
Author(s) -
Haddad Chadia,
Sacre Hala,
Hallit Souheil,
Obeid Sahar,
AlZein Darine,
Nabout Rita,
Zoghbi Marouan,
Haddad Georges
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/ppc.12464
Subject(s) - medicine , comorbidity , anticholinergic , retrospective cohort study , bipolar disorder , mania , observational study , psychiatry , hospital readmission , emergency medicine , pediatrics , cognition
Objective To assess the prevalence of medical comorbidities in acute manic patients over a period of 1 year, and to evaluate correlates of the readmission rate. Design/Methods A retrospective observational study was conducted on 158 acute manic patients from 2016 to 2017. Results The most common physical comorbidity was obesity (36.1%) followed by cardiovascular disorders (15.2%) and liver dysfunctions (9.3%). Male gender was associated with higher readmission rate (Beta = −0.260), while taking anticholinergic drugs (Beta = −0.338) and having a family history of psychiatric disorders (Beta = −0.222) were associated with lower readmission rate. Practical implications The study results may help physicians and other clinicians understand the burden of illness recurrence in bipolar disorder type I patients and adopt effective strategies to prevent relapse, taking into account all comorbidities.