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Table 3 Subtypes of mental illness coded in 10 or more admissions of patients, for the five chronic medical conditions

From: Hospital length of stay variation and comorbidity of mental illness: a retrospective study of five common chronic medical conditions

 

Cancer

COPD

Diabetes

IHD

Stroke

Total number of patients’ admissions with a diagnosis of mental illness recorded

100

320

90

250

286

F10–F19: Mental & behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use

48 (48%)

219 (69%)

47 (52%)

160 (64%)

151 (53%)

F20–F29: Schizophrenia, schizotypal & delusional disorders

< 10

11 (3.4%)

< 10

< 10

< 10

F30–F39: Mood [affective] disorders

< 10

17 (5.3%)

16 (18%)

17 (6.8%)

61 (21%)

F40–F48: Neurotic, stress-related & somatoform disorders

39 (39%)

102 (32%)

16 (18%)

66 (27%)

58 (20%)

  1. Rarer subtypes of mental illness are not listed in the table (e.g. F60 – F69: Disorders of adult personality and behaviour). Percentages in a column can sum to more than 100% because some admissions were coded with more than one type of mental illness