The present study was designed to develop a causal model of variables important in predicting various outcomes with chronic, psychiatric patients who were hospitalized. Four pre-hospital and nine in-hospital variables were included in the model predicting three different outcomes. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to determine the relationships among the variables. / Although each model was statistically related to each outcome, the proportions of variance explained were smaller than expected. Several variables related consistently to outcomes. Pre-hospital variables were found to be more related to outcome than in-hospital variables, contrary to predictions. All significant effects were direct rather than indirect effects, also contrary to predictions. The best-explained outcome was an index developed to reflect independence of the setting to which a patient was discharged. This finding suggested that historical variables (i.e., pre-hospital variables) and functioning at the time of discharge (i.e., in-hospital variables) were more related to discharge type than to the two other outcomes traditionally used to index success of discharge. / The present study suggested that the proposed model was either not complete enough or not specified correctly. Suggestions were made regarding possible revisions to consider in future studies. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-07, Section: B, page: 3767. / Major Professor: Mark H. Licht. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1992.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76693 |
| Contributors | Daniel, Kimberly Marie., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 132 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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