Patient characteristics related to length of stay in Dutch forensic psychiatric care

Create an overview of characteristics of patients in long-term forensic psychiatric care (LFPC) with a higher length of stay (LOS) care compared to patients in regular forensic psychiatric care (RFPC) with a shorter LOS. Data were collected from 139 patient records. This study examined whether patie...

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Published in:The journal of forensic psychiatry & psychology 2017-11, Vol.28 (6), p.863-880
Main Authors: Eckert, Mareike, Schel, Sandra H. H., Kennedy, Harry G., Bulten, Berend H. (Erik)
Format: Article
Language:English
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forensic psychiatry
Length of stay
long-term forensic psychiatric care
patient characteristics
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Summary:Create an overview of characteristics of patients in long-term forensic psychiatric care (LFPC) with a higher length of stay (LOS) care compared to patients in regular forensic psychiatric care (RFPC) with a shorter LOS. Data were collected from 139 patient records. This study examined whether patients in LFPC differ from patients in RFPC on sociodemographic data, legal data and clinical data and whether those characteristics are able to predict LOS. Patients in LFPC were more often born in a Dutch Caribbean country, less often had a substance abuse disorder, were more often emotionally neglected during childhood, had a higher HCR-20 risk item score, a higher security needs score, a higher (less successful) recovery score, were more often recidivist and had absconded more often than RFPC patients. Certain characteristics were able to distinguish the longer LOS group which might be useful to establish sequel services and enhance treatment efficiency.
ISSN:1478-9949
1478-9957
DOI:10.1080/14789949.2017.1332771