Abstract
Background
Gender differences in psychosis are a topic that has been studied considering different aspects. Although some available evidence would point to a possible better prognosis in women, this claim is far from conclusively established.
Methods
We propose an analysis of gender differences in the risk of readmission to an acute hospitalization unit, an indicator related to prognosis.
Results and conclusions
We found that although the risk of readmission at 1 year is lower in women, this seems to be explained by other confounding factors.
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The dataset could be available under reasonable request. Requests to access these datasets should be directed toJH-I, jesus.herrera.imbroda.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es
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V. C.-A. and J. H.-I. have received a “Río Hortega” contract grant from the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain (Carlos III Health Institute).
Instituto de Salud Carlos III,Río Hortega Grant CM21/00255,Jesús Herrera-Imbroda,Río Hortega Grant,Vera Carbonell-Aranda
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V. C.-A.: conceptualization, methodology, writing; J. H.-I.: conceptualization, writing, revision; B. M.-K.: methodology, revision; J. G.-P.: conceptualization, methodology, revision.
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Carbonell-Aranda, V., Herrera-Imbroda, J., Moreno-Küstner, B. et al. Gender differences and risk of readmission in hospitalizations with a diagnosis of psychotic spectrum disorders. Arch Womens Ment Health (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-024-01442-4
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