Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of 1663 psychiatric inpatients
Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
Sociodemographic characteristics | Â |
Sex | |
 Male | 803 (48.3) |
 Female | 860 (51.7) |
 Age (years, mean ± standard deviation) | 41.9 ± 15.6 |
Marital status | |
 Married | 874 (52.6) |
 Single or others | 789 (47.4) |
Education level | |
 Elementary school | 267 (16.1) |
 Middle school | 501 (30.1) |
 High school | 461 (27.7) |
 College or above | 434 (26.1) |
Insurance coverage | |
 Self-pay | 398 (23.9) |
 Others | 1265 (76.1) |
Hospitalization times | |
 First psychiatric hospitalization | 717 (43.1) |
 Recurrent psychiatric admission | 946 (56.9) |
Involuntary hospitalization | |
 Yes | 814 (48.9) |
 No | 849 (51.1) |
Physical restraints during hospital stay | |
 Yes | 456 (27.4) |
 No | 1207 (72.6) |
Seclusion | |
 Yes | 137 (8.2) |
 No | 1526 (91.8) |
Psychological treatment | |
 Yes | 1539 (81.8) |
 No | 303 (18.2) |
ECT treatmenta | |
 Yes | 1422 (85.5) |
 No | 241 (14.5) |
Days of hospital stay, median (interquartile range) | 32 (20–54) |
Clinical characteristics | |
 Psychiatric diagnosisc | |
  Schizophrenia or related disorders | 811 (48.8) |
  Mood disorders | 527 (31.7) |
  Others | 325 (19.5) |
 GAF (mean ± standard deviation) b | 46.2 ± 18.1 |
Treatment response | |
 Marked improvement | 956 (57.5) |
 Improvement | 623 (37.5) |
 Somewhat improvement | 76 (4.6) |
 No change or worse | 8 (0.5) |