Key result
Adolescent psychiatric patients face a ~18% one-year readmission rate, linked to schizophrenia, ADHD, and residential care.
Why the study?
Readmission rates to child and adolescent psychiatric units have been reported to be increasing, prompting the need to determine the readmission rate and associated factors.
Population
189 adolescent psychiatric patients admitted to an inpatient unit in Gauteng, South Africa
Design
Retrospective cohort study
Authors
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May support targeted post-discharge monitoring for schizophrenia and ADHD in adolescents; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Cohort (n=189)
No
In adolescent psychiatric patients, diagnoses of schizophrenia or ADHD, and residing in a youth care center significantly increased the risk of readmission within one year.
Brown et al. (2023) conducted a cohort in Psychiatric disorders in adolescents (n=189). Psychiatric hospitalization was evaluated on Readmission within 1 year of discharge. The cumulative incidence of readmission within one year of discharge for adolescent psychiatric patients was 17.5%, with schizophrenia, ADHD, and residential care significantly increasing the risk.
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