Holloway F
St Giles' Day Hospital, London.
Br J Psychiatry. 1991 Jun;158:805-10, 816. doi: 10.1192/bjp.158.6.805.
The socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients attending psychiatric day care in an inner-urban catchment area were assessed using structured techniques. The overall prevalence of the use of day care was high (164 per 100,000 total population), and 86% of attenders were in prolonged psychiatric contact. Of those in prolonged contact, the clinical and social morbidity of 68 attenders at National Health Service day hospitals was strikingly similar to that of 42 attenders at other units. Users of a 'community mental health centre' and two work centres were less disabled than attenders at other day units. Implications of these results for the organisation of day services and training of staff are discussed.
采用结构化技术评估了城市中心集水区内接受精神科日间护理患者的社会人口学和临床特征。日间护理的总体使用率很高（每10万总人口中有164人），86%的参与者有长期的精神科接触。在有长期接触的参与者中，68名在国民保健服务日间医院的参与者与42名在其他单位的参与者的临床和社会发病率惊人地相似。“社区精神卫生中心”和两个工作中心的使用者比其他日间单位的参与者残疾程度更低。讨论了这些结果对日间服务组织和工作人员培训的影响。
