Gender differences and risk of readmission in hospitalizations with a diagnosis of psychotic spectrum disorders.

Abstract

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. We propose an analysis of gender differences in the risk of readmission to an acute hospitalization unit, an indicator related to prognosis. We found that although the risk of readmission at 1year is lower in women, this seems to be explained by other confounding factors.