Bipolar Disorder Related Hospitalizations - a Descriptive Nationwide Study Using a Big Data Approach

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2022

Authors

Goncalves-Pinho, M (Author) FMUP; Freitas A (Author) FMUP; von Doellinger, O (Author) Other; Ribeiro, JP (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Psychiatric Quarterly

Vol. 93

Pages: 325-333

ISSN: 0033-2720

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Authenticus ID: P-00V-FBB

DOI: 10.1007/s11126-021-09951-6

Abstract (EN): Bipolar Disorder (BD) is a mental disorder which frequently requires long hospitalizations and need for acute psychiatric care. The aim of this study was to describe a nationwide perspective of BD related hospitalizations and to use a BigData based approach in mental health research. We performed a retrospective observational study using a nationwide hospitalization database containing all hospitalizations registered in Portuguese public hospitals from 2008-2015. Hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of BD were selected based on International Classification of Diseases version 9, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes of diagnosis 296.xx (excluding 296.2x; 296.3x and 296.9x). From 20,807 hospitalizations belonging to 13,300 patients, around 33.4% occurred in male patients with a median length of stay of 16.0 days and a mean age of 47.9 years. The most common hospitalization diagnosis in BD has the code 296.4x (manic episode) representing 34.3% of all hospitalizations, followed by the code 296.5x (depressed episode) with 21.4%. The mean estimated hospitalization charge was 3,508.5(sic) per episode, with a total charge of 73M(sic) in the 8-year period of this study.This is a nationwide study giving a broad perspective of the BD hospitalization panorama at a national level. We found important differences in hospitalization characteristics by sex, age and primary diagnosis.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 9