Frequency of Remission in Schizophrenia Patients at One Year Follow-Up

Objective This paper describes the frequency of remission in former inpatients with schizophrenia as well as its relations with sociodemographic and other relevant variables. Methods The characteristics of 88 schizophrenia patients (ICD-10 F20.x) were examined in an extensive quality-monitoring-project at the Ev. Krankenhaus Bethanien Greifswald, Germany, encompassing a one-year follow-up. Results 10.2% of the patients reached remission during the 12-months follow-up. The rate of readmissions was 42.1%. Conclusions The frequency of remission in Our sample is considerably less than the approximated 38% from previous studies. This might be attributed to selection-bias and lack of representation in previous follow-up studies with schizophrenia inpatients.