Table 3.
Patient characteristics
| 1.11.2004–31.10.2005 | 1.11.2004–31.10.2005 | 1.11.2005–31.10.2006 | 1.11.2005–31.10.2006 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjustment disorders (ICD-10 F4) | Personality disorders (ICD-10 F6) | Adjustment disorders (ICD-10 F4) | Personality disorders (ICD-10 F6) | |
| N | 160 | 127 | 154 | 147 |
| % female | 55.0% | 64.6% | 60.4% | 76.9%* |
| Age (mean, years) | 37.4 | 34.4 | 36.8 | 33.0 |
| Length of stay (mean, days) | 16.3 | 30.0 | 23.6* | 31.6 |
| Primary diagnosis | Anxiety disorder (F 40.x, F 41.x) 14.4% | Borderline (F 60.30, F 60.31) 70.0% | Anxiety disorder (F 40.x, F 41.x) 14.3% | Borderline (F 60.30, F 60.31) 70.7% |
| Obsessive-compulsive disorder (F 42.x) 6.3% | Antisocial, histrionic, narcisstic (F 60.2, 60.4, 60.8) 12.6% | Obsessive-compulsive disorder (F 42.x) 5.8% | Antisocial, histrionic, narcisstic (F 60.2, 60.4, 60.8) 4.1% | |
| Stress and adjustment disorders (F 43.x) 74.4% | Combined (F 61) 11.8% | Stress and adjustment disorders (F 43.x) 72.7% | Combined (F 61) 19.7% | |
| Other 5.6% | Other 5.5% | |||
| Dissociative disorder (F 44.x) 1.3% | Dissociative disorder (F 44.x) 1.5% | |||
| Somatoform disorder (F 45.x) 3.1% | Somatoform disorder (F 45.x) 2.6% | |||
| Other 2.5% | Other 3.1% | |||
| Secondary diagnosis | 65% | 68% | 60% | 65% |
| Secondary diagnosis substance abuse | 24.4% | 32.3% | 14.3%* | 39.4% |
* p < .05 sign. difference in comparison with the same diagnostic group in the other year