Goldstein (1988)
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- Goldstein (1988)
- Aims
- - to see if there are any gender differences with regard to the re-hospitalisation of people with schizophrenia and to the length of their hospital stays
- - to consider social factors, mainly factors present before diagnosis, to see if they had an impact on the course of the illness
- - to look at DSM II and DSM III diagnosis to see if there were any differences and to test the DSM for reliability and validity
- Procedure
- the study used the DSM III to look at gender differences in schizophrenic patients who were in the early stages of the disorder and were followed for 10 years
- 199 patients were chosen
- had a hospital diagnosis of schizophrenia
- had a hospital stay of less than 6 months
- had no other mental health issues
- had no drug or alcohol misuse
- aged 18-45
- patients were diagnosed again using DSM III
- out of 199, 169 fit the criteria of DSM III for schizophrenia
- out of 169, 90 people were chosen
- first time admissions
- those who had had 1 previous hospitalisation
- the mean age of the sample was 24
- all had a high level of education
- out of 169, 90 people were chosen
- out of 199, 169 fit the criteria of DSM III for schizophrenia
- gathered information using interviews and questionnaires
- symptoms: characteristics of the schizophrenia
- premorbid functioning: isolation, peer relationships and interests from the age of 6 to 20
- course of the illness: operationalised by the number of re-hospitalisationand lengths of stay in hospital, with data being obtained over a 10 year period
- Results
- schizophrenic women had a significantly lower number if re-hospitalisations and shorter stays in hospital than men
- number of re-hospitalisations
- men: 2.24
- women: 1.12
- lengths of hospital stay (days)
- men: 417.83
- women: 206.81
- Conclusions
- females with schizophreniaexperienced fewer re-hospitalisations and shorter lengths of stay over a 5 and 10 year period than males
- gender differences seemed to start early in the disorder
- Aims
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