Havelková Anna, Havelka David, Koros Bartošová Kateřina
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia.
Children's Psychiatric Hospital Opařany, Opařany, Czechia.
Front Psychiatry. 2024 Jul 15;15:1386842. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1386842. eCollection 2024.
In the Western world, more than one-third of the patients of productive age hospitalized for severe mental illness (SMI) are parents. Each of their offspring is exposed to several stressors related to their parent's illness and hospitalization, which puts them at an increased risk of developing mental health problems. In the Czech Republic, no statistics are currently available about the families of patients with SMI, inpatients who are parents, or data about their children (ages ≤18 years). Therefore, our research aim was to describe the prevalence of parenthood among hospitalized patients with SMI, assess the number of children and determine the extent to which offspring information was present in medical records.
Quantitative data from medical records (2,768 patients, aged 18-63 years, hospitalized for SMI between 2017 and 2020) from two large inpatient psychiatric facilities were examined. Parental information, demographic characteristics, number of children, and other available data were collected.
The prevalence of parenthood among inpatients with SMI was 34.6%. Parenthood was most prevalent among female patients and patients with recurrent depressive and bipolar disorders. The total number of offspring in 957 patient-parents was 1781 (41.7% minors under the age of 18). Information on parenthood was available in 99.7% of cases; information on the age of offspring, custody, and sociodemographic situation varies, being included in 73% to 89.7% of the medical records (some details were more frequently recorded than others).
The data obtained may help to better understand and address the specifics of these families and thus serve as a basis for the development of prevention programs.
在西方世界，因严重精神疾病（SMI）住院的适龄患者中，超过三分之一是父母。他们的每个子女都面临与父母疾病和住院相关的多种压力源，这使他们患心理健康问题的风险增加。在捷克共和国，目前没有关于SMI患者家庭、身为父母的住院患者或其子女（年龄≤18岁）的数据统计。因此，我们的研究目的是描述SMI住院患者中为人父母的比例，评估子女数量，并确定病历中子女信息的存在程度。
对来自两个大型住院精神科机构的病历定量数据（2017年至2020年间因SMI住院的2768名年龄在18 - 63岁的患者）进行检查。收集父母信息、人口统计学特征、子女数量及其他可用数据。
SMI住院患者中为人父母的比例为34.6%。为人父母的情况在女性患者以及复发性抑郁和双相情感障碍患者中最为普遍。957名患者父母的子女总数为1781名（41.7%为18岁以下未成年人）。99.7%的病例中有父母信息；关于子女年龄、监护权和社会人口状况的信息各不相同，在73%至89.7%的病历中有所记录（某些细节比其他细节记录得更频繁）。
所获得的数据可能有助于更好地理解和应对这些家庭的具体情况，从而为预防项目的开展提供依据。
