Study on related factors of death and nursing of mental disorder inpatients

Abstract

Objective To research in death reason and corresponding nursing measures to provide evidence for clinical nursing and medical service through analysis of death data of mental disorder inpa-tients. Methods Data of 128 mental disorder inpatients died in hospital were reviewed and analyzed.Results Among death reasons of these patients:physical disease (50.8%)was the most common death rea-son,followed by accidents (19.5%) and sudden death (19.5%).Death happened on first admission was 91 cases (71.1%).Death happened within 10 days of hospitalization was 60 cases (46.9%).The occurrence of death was common on nighttime, after lunch and meals time. Conclusions Physical disease,accidents and sudden death were main death reasons of mental disorder inpatients.Medical workers should pay atten-tion to patients who were on first admission or within 10 days of hospitalization and strengthen nursing work on special time. Key words: Mental Disorder; Death reason; Nursing