Perfil demográfico e sócio-econômico da população de internos dos hospitais psiquiátricos da cidade do Rio de Janeiro

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, João Paulo Lyra da
• Data de Publicação: 1999
• Outros Autores: Coutinho, Evandro da S. F., Amarante, Paulo Duarte
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/1241
• topic: Hospitais Psiquiátricos; Pacientes Internados; Pacientes; Saúde Mental; Fatores Sócio-Econômicos

Knowledge on the characteristics of patients admitted to psychiatric hospitals is essential to adequate care, yet such information is not always available. A survey was conducted on patients in the 20 psychiatric hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This paper presents demographic and socioeconomic data on the study population: 3223 persons (66.0% male; 52.6% under 40) on October 24, 1995. 73.8% had not finished elementary school; 25.5% were illiterate. 71.6% of the males and 61.1% of the females were single. Both groups had the same divorce percentage (13%). 43.1% of patients had jobs at the time of first admission, but only half had kept them by the time of this survey. Some 50% of the patients only received visits at extended intervals or not at all. This finding, plus the fact that 37.4% had been hospitalized for more than one year and 65.1% did not leave the hospital during holidays or weekends, provides a picture of their social isolation. The findings are discussed based on epidemiological data, and hypotheses are suggested to explain some of the results.