Parfene Banu Monica-Elena
Săpoca Psychiatry and Safety Measures Hospital, Buzău county, Romania.
Curr Health Sci J. 2022 Apr-Jun;48(2):176-180. doi: 10.12865/CHSJ.48.02.06. Epub 2022 Jun 30.
A growth in the number of patients admitted to forensic psychiatric services has been reported worldwide. At the same time, an increase in the length of hospital stay of these patients was observed.
To identify the factors that influence the length of hospital stay in a Romanian forensic psychiatric sample, as well as to compare the socio-demographic, clinical and criminological features of the "long stay" and "shorter stay" patients.
This was a retrospective, cross-sectional study that included all patients admitted to Săpoca Psychiatry and Safety Measures Hospital according to article 110 of the Penal code (n=650) over a period of 11 years (2008-2018). Long stay was considered as a period of hospitalization greater than 5 years.
The average length of hospital stay in the sample was 3.20 years. Approximately one quarter (n=154) of the patients were classified as "long stay". The variables that were significantly associated with length of stay included the main psychiatric diagnosis, social support, the severity of the offence and the perpetration of violence.
Overall, our findings are in line with observations made by researchers from other countries. Our study highlights the need for further, more detailed research on the patients admitted to forensic psychiatric units in Romania.
据报道，全球范围内法医精神病服务机构收治的患者数量有所增长。与此同时，观察到这些患者的住院时间有所增加。
确定影响罗马尼亚法医精神病样本住院时间的因素，并比较“长期住院”和“短期住院”患者的社会人口统计学、临床和犯罪学特征。
这是一项回顾性横断面研究，纳入了11年间（2008 - 2018年）根据刑法第110条收治于萨波卡精神病与安全措施医院的所有患者（n = 650）。长期住院被定义为住院时间超过5年。
样本中的平均住院时间为3.20年。约四分之一（n = 154）的患者被归类为“长期住院”。与住院时间显著相关的变量包括主要精神科诊断、社会支持、犯罪严重程度和暴力行为。
总体而言，我们的研究结果与其他国家研究人员的观察结果一致。我们的研究强调需要对罗马尼亚法医精神病科收治的患者进行进一步、更详细的研究。
