Prevalence of parenthood among hospitalized adult patients with severe mental illness : a quantitative data analysis

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1386842/full" target="_blank" >https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1386842/full</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1386842" target="_blank" >10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1386842</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Prevalence of parenthood among hospitalized adult patients with severe mental illness : a quantitative data analysis

Original language description

Introduction: In the Western world, more than one-third of the patients of productive age hospitalized for severe mental illness (SMI) are parents. Each of their offspring is exposed to several stressors related to their parent’s illness and hospitalization, which puts them at an increased risk of developing mental health problems. In the Czech Republic, no statistics are currently available about the families of patients with SMI, inpatients who are parents, or data about their children (ages ≤18 years). Therefore, our research aim was to describe the prevalence of parenthood among hospitalized patients with SMI, assess the number of children and determine the extent to which offspring information was present in medical records. Methods: Quantitative data from medical records (2,768 patients, aged 18–63 years, hospitalized for SMI between 2017 and 2020) from two large inpatient psychiatric facilities were examined. Parental information, demographic characteristics, number of children, and other available data were collected. Results: The prevalence of parenthood among inpatients with SMI was 34.6%. Parenthood was most prevalent among female patients and patients with recurrent depressive and bipolar disorders. The total number of offspring in 957 patient-parents was 1781 (41.7% minors under the age of 18). Information on parenthood was available in 99.7% of cases; information on the age of offspring, custody, and sociodemographic situation varies, being included in 73% to 89.7% of the medical records (some details were more frequently recorded than others). Discussion: The data obtained may help to better understand and address the specifics of these families and thus serve as a basis for the development of prevention programs.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Frontiers in Psychiatry

ISSN

1664-0640

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

15

Issue of the periodical within the volume

July

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

1-9

UT code for WoS article

001278075800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85199980575