Abstract
Background: Kecskes et al. [J. Affect. Dis. 73 (2003) 279] reported a possible effect of season and gender on the length of hospital stay among inpatients with a unipolar depression. Methods: The effects of season and gender upon the length of stay and clinical outcomes among 1283 inpatient admissions with unipolar depression diagnosed according to ICD-10 were examined. Results: Males had shorter length of stay but no better outcomes. There was no evidence of shorter lengths of stay for either gender in summer. Conclusions: The present study failed to replicate the effect of season and gender on the length of stay in hospital among inpatients with unipolar major depression. Limitations: The clinical outcomes were based upon a single item from the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS). (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 275-278 |
| Journal | Journal of Affective Disorders |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
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