Perfil demográfico e sócio-econômico da população de internos dos hospitais psiquiátricos da cidade do Rio de Janeiro

Cadernos de Saúde Pública

João Paulo Lyra Da Silva¹  Evandro Da S. F. Coutinho²  Paulo Duarte Amarante² 

[1] ,Secretaria Municipal de Saúde do Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro RJ ,Brasil

关键词: Psychiatric Hospitals;    Inpatients;    Mental Health;    Socioeconomic Factors;    Patients;    Hospitais Psiquiátricos;    Pacientes Internados;    Pacientes;    Saúde Mental;    Fatores Sócio-Econômicos;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-311X1999000300007

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Knowledge on the characteristics of patients admitted to psychiatric hospitals is essential to adequate care, yet such information is not always available. A survey was conducted on patients in the 20 psychiatric hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This paper presents demographic and socioeconomic data on the study population: 3223 persons (66.0% male; 52.6% under 40) on October 24, 1995. 73.8% had not finished elementary school; 25.5% were illiterate. 71.6% of the males and 61.1% of the females were single. Both groups had the same divorce percentage (13%). 43.1% of patients had jobs at the time of first admission, but only half had kept them by the time of this survey. Some 50% of the patients only received visits at extended intervals or not at all. This finding, plus the fact that 37.4% had been hospitalized for more than one year and 65.1% did not leave the hospital during holidays or weekends, provides a picture of their social isolation. The findings are discussed based on epidemiological data, and hypotheses are suggested to explain some of the results.

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