Hannover study on long-stay hospitalization – part II: Characteristics and care conditions of long-stay hospitalization in cases of chronic mental illness

Table 2 Study group – results of variant data

Period (average)		1987–1991		1992–1996
		N	%	N	%
Number of patients		184	100	191	100
Sex	Male	81	44	76	40
	Female	103	56	115	60
Age **	< 25 years	11	6	4	2,2
	25–44 years	96	52	97	51
	45–64 years	68	37	73	38
	> 64 years	9	5	17	8,9
First diagnosis * (ICD-10)	F4	18	10	13	7
	F6	24	13	24	12
	F2, F30.1, F30.2, F31, F32.2, F32.3, F33.2, F33.3	142	77	154	80
Period since onset of disease *	< 1 year	9	5	2	1
	1 – 5 years	32	17	24	12
	5 – 10 years	36	20	40	21
	>10 years	107	58	126	66
Outpatient care ** (quarters)	1	24	13	19	10
	2	18	10	11	6
	3	18	10	21	11
	4	79	43	98	51
quarters/patient		3,0		3,3
patients/year		139	76	149	78
In-patient and day-clinic Care * (days)	< 10	8	5	4	2
	10 – 30	15	17	14	17
	31 – 91	31	35	33	41
	> 91	32	36	26	33
days/patient		86		86
patients/year		89	48	80	42
Residential home treatment (quarters)	1	2	7	2	9
	2	4	16	1	5
	3	2,0	8	1,4	7
	4	17	68	15	78
quarters/patient		3,1		3,5
patients/year		25	13	19	10
Work Rehabilitation (quarters) **	1	4	17	3	12
	2	3	13	2	9
	3	3	14	1	5
	4	12	56	19	73
quarters/patient		3,1		3,4
patients/year		21	11	26	14