Socio-demographic Predictors of Hospitalization Duration Among Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder

Amit Yaniv-Rosenfeld, Elizaveta Savchenko, Maya Netzer, Amir Elalouf, Uri Nitzan

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Abstract

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a complex psychopathology associated with high service utilization rates. In turn, the hospitalization of BPD patients is a controversial challenge for mental health professionals. Prior literature has identified certain socio-demographic factors as linked to an increased risk of BPD. In this study, we examined the possible connection between these socio-demographic factors and hospitalization duration. We analyzed 1077 hospitalization records of 200 BPD-diagnosed patients. Patients’ gender, age, education level, employment and marital statuses, and living arrangement were statistically significantly linked with hospitalization duration. Specifically, female gender, age twenty or below, no high-school diploma (or, to a lesser extent, a diploma with no academic education), unemployment status and/or patients who live with parents are strongly associated with longer hospitalizations compared to male gender, older patients, more educated, married/divorced status and/or those who do not live with their parents. Additionally, the results point to a weak, albeit statistically significant, temporal pattern with more advanced hospitalizations generally aligning with the duration of their preceding ones, while being slightly shorter. In order to prevent potentially unnecessary prolonged and regressive hospitalizations, an estimation of the expected hospitalization duration should be explicitly considered when setting hospitalization goals and plans.

Original languageEnglish
JournalAdministration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
Early online date30 May 2024
DOIs
StatePublished Online - 30 May 2024

Keywords

  • Borderline personality disorder
  • Hospitalization duration
  • Socio-demographic predictors

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Health Policy
  • Phychiatric Mental Health

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