Table 2.
Characteristics of 449 patients discharged from emergency psychiatric care units in Japan
| Patient characteristic | Mean (SD) or n (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Age at admission, year (median = 43.0) | 44.9 | (17.3) |
| Sex, male | 206 | (45.9) |
| Education level | ||
| Junior high school | 119 | (26.5) |
| High school | 175 | (39.0) |
| Vocational school, college | 49 | (10.9) |
| University | 69 | (15.4) |
| Unidentified | 37 | (8.2) |
| Working status before the admission | ||
| Full-time | 56 | (12.5) |
| Part-time | 47 | (10.5) |
| Sheltered employment | 12 | (2.7) |
| Employment, unspecified | 28 | (6.2) |
| Family business | 54 | (12.0) |
| Not engaged in work | 234 | (52.1) |
| Unidentified | 18 | (4.0) |
| Primary diagnosis, ICD-10 | ||
| Schizophrenia, schizotypal, and delusional disorders (F20–F29) | 203 | (45.2) |
| Mood (affective) disorders (F30–F39) | 115 | (25.6) |
| Psychoactive substance use (F10–F19) | 26 | (5.8) |
| Organic (F00–F09) | 25 | (5.6) |
| Neurotic, stress-related and somatic (F40–49) | 24 | (5.4) |
| Other categories | 56 | (12.5) |
| Juridical basis of admission, compulsory | 347 | (77.3) |
| Total number of psychiatric admissions | 3.1 | (4.3) |
| Physical comorbidity | 103 | (22.9) |
| Length of stay, day | 49.0 | (50.9) |
| Social functioning at discharge (1–10) | 6.6 | (1.7) |
| Current place of residence | ||
| Lives alone at own home | 69 | (15.4) |
| Cohabitation with family | 306 | (68.2) |
| Residential care facility | 26 | (5.8) |
| Readmitted to hospital from home | 20 | (4.5) |
| Dead shortly after discharge | 2 | (0.5) |
| Place of residence unidentified | 26 | (5.8) |
| Follow-up outpatient service after discharge | ||
| Followed by outpatient service of the hospital | 309 | (68.8) |
| Followed by outpatient service of other hospital | 123 | (27.4) |
| No follow-up with post-discharge outpatient service | 7 | (1.6) |
| Unidentified | 10 | (2.2) |