Factors Associated With Length of Hospital Stay for Forensic Psychiatric Inpatients With Intellectual Disabilities
McKenna, Penelope England, Rosie Fadzelmulla-Moreno, Carmen Thompson, Paul A. Boer, Harm Langdon, Peter E
McKenna, Penelope
England, Rosie
Fadzelmulla-Moreno, Carmen
Thompson, Paul A.
Boer, Harm
Langdon, Peter E
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Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust; , University of Warwick; University of Birmingham; Learning Disabilities and Autism Services, West Midlands; Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust; Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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2025-05-08
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Introduction: The aim of this study was to examine factors associated with length of stay within a psychiatric hospital for patients with intellectual disabilities who have a forensic history.
Methods: Data about 111 patients were gathered retrospectively from historical records for the period of February 2011 to March 2021. Negative binomial regression was then used to examine the relationship between selected predictor variables and length of stay.
Results: Patients who were older upon admission and those who had received psychological therapies or positive behavioural support (PBS) had a significantly longer length of stay. Those with a diagnosis of a neurodevelopmental disorder had a significantly shorter length of stay. All other predictors were not statistically significant.
Conclusions: There was evidence of a clinical improvement at discharge and those with autism or ADHD had a shorter length of stay. Similar studies with larger sample sizes should be completed across England.
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McKenna, P., England, R., Fadzelmulla-Moreno, C., Thompson, P. A., Boer, H., & Langdon, P. E. (2025). Factors Associated With Length of Hospital Stay for Forensic Psychiatric Inpatients With Intellectual Disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 38(3), Article e70065. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.70065
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