Table 3

Significant findings between the hospitalisation events and the stability measures. P-values and the corresponding R2-values given in parentheses

Measure of hospitalisation events*
Number-of- diagnostic-shifts*
Number-of- spectrum-shifts*
Diagnostic- complexity*
Spectrum- complexity*

Numbers-of-hospitalisations
0,0001 (0,501)
0,0001 (0,278)
0,0001 (0,421)
0,0001 (0,220)
Total-duration-of-illness
0,0005
0,02
0,0002
0,03
Year-of-first-admission
0,0006
0,03
0,0002
0,03
Total-duration-of-hospitalisation
0,09
0,2
0,07
0,3

* Univariant regression analyses using the stability measures as dependent variables and the hospitalisation events as the independent variables.

Jakobsen et al. BMC Psychiatry 2007 7:41   doi:10.1186/1471-244X-7-41