Abstract
Objective To explore the effect of controlling the nosocomial infection among the chronic schizophrenics with open management.Methods 192 patients in opening management group and 198 patients in closing management group were enrolled among chronic schizophrenics from 2006 to 2010 by using the random number method.The incidence of nosocomial infection of the two groups and its relationship with hospitalization duration and age were investigated retrospectively.Results Incidence of nosocomial infection was 9.9％ in the opening group and 27.7％ in the closing group.There was significant difference between the two groups (x2 =20.31,P ＜ 0.05 ).The proportion of respiratory tract infection in the closing group (21.7％) was significantly higher than that in the opening group (8.3％).The difference was statistically significant (x2 =14.49,P ＜ 0.05),Incidence of nosocomial infection was found positively correlated with hospitalization duration.Conclusions The open management might effectively decrease the incidence of nosocomial infection among schizophrenics. Key words: Schizophrenics; Nosocomial infection; Management mode
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