TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1978//
TI  - Demographic and clinical characteristics as predictors of readmission: a one-year follow-up
JO  - Journal of clinical psychology (Hoboken)
A1  - Munley, P. H.
A1  - Hyer, L. A.
SP  - 833
EP  - 838
VL  - 34
IS  - 4
N2  - 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 = .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 length of follow-up period are considered, and implications of the findings for identifying high-risk readmission candidates are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0021-9762
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -