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Predictors of length of stay in day hospital patients

Maudsley Hospital, London

Irshaad Ebrahim, Senior House Officer

Department of Psychological Medicine, University College Hospital, London

Maurice Greenberg, Consultant Psychiatrist^*

Jules Thorn Day Hospital, St Pancras Hospital, London NW1 0PE

^* Correspondence

This prospective study assessed the importance of baseline clinical, socio-demographic and diagnostic variables on patient outcome at six weeks, and their relationship to total length of stay. It included all patients admitted to an acute day hospital in inner London over a one-year period, and used standardised rating scales. All scales improved after six weeks, but only improvement on the Global Assessment Scale (GAS) predicted the length of stay in those patients who were depressed. There was an increased length of stay in patients with a diagnosis of personality disorder and those admitted with a lower score on the GAS.