A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Individual Cases Served in a Discharge Facilitation Program for Individuals with Mental Illness : Using the Boolean Approach

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  • 精神障害者退院促進支援事業における対象者個別事例の質的比較 : ブール代数アプローチを用いて
  • セイシン ショウガイシャ タイイン ソクシン シエン ジギョウ ニ オケル タイショウシャ コベツ ジレイ ノ シツテキ ヒカク ブール ダイスウ アプローチ オ モチイテ

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In recent years,services to facilitate the discharge of people with mental illness from psychiatric hospitals have been expanding nationwide, as the need to alleviate "social hospitalization" of people with mental illness has gained national attention. The purpose of this study is to explore the determining factors to deinstitutionalize people with mental illness by comparing the individual cases that did and did not succeed in community discharge, using the Boolean approach. The study examines how the combination of four independent variables - age, sex, total length of hospital stay, and length of time in training for community living - determined the desired outcome, discharge, which was the dependent variable in the analysis. Results show that more than six months of training prior to discharge is a necessary condition.and that age and total length of hospital stay are not absolute conditions for discharge. However, the analysis yields different sets of conditions when the cases are controlled for sex.

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