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Psychological scales predict psychiatric hospitalizations - The Northern Finland 1966 birth cohort

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

J. Miettunen ,
J. Veijola ,
M. Isohanni ,
T. Paunio ,
D. Lichtermann ,
N. Freimer ,
L. Peltonen ,
M.R. Järvelin  and
M. Joukamaa
J. Miettunen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
J. Veijola
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland Academy of Finland, Helsinki, Finland
M. Isohanni
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
T. Paunio
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular Medicine, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
D. Lichtermann
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
N. Freimer
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Human Genetics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
L. Peltonen
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular Medicine, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
M.R. Järvelin
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
M. Joukamaa
Affiliation:
Social Psychiatry Unit, Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland Department of Psychiatry, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Abstract

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Background and aims:

Several instruments have been developed to detect subjects who are at risk for mental disorders.

Aims:

We aimed to address the predictive validity of several personality, schizotypal and mania scales for psychiatric hospitalisations.

Methods:

As part of the 31-year follow-up survey of the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort, Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI, temperament part), Physical Anhedonia Scale, Social Anhedonia Scale (SAS), Perceptual Aberration Scale, Hypomanic Personality Scale (HPS), Bipolar II scale (BIP2) and Schizoidia scale were filled in by 4,857 subjects. We dichotomized scores in the scales (highest 10% by gender vs. others). Also subscales of TCI and BIP2 were used as predictors. In a longitudinal study setting using hospital discharge register we followed those without previous hospitalisation (N=4,727; 2,092 males and 2,635 females) from 31 years for eight years and recorded hospitalisations due to psychotic, substance use, anxiety, mood and personality disorders.

Results:

In total 78 (1.7%) of subjects were hospitalized due to psychiatric disorder during the follow-up. Most of the instruments predicted several disorders. Mood lability subscale of BIP2 predicted (p<0.05) all diagnostic groups. Most specific predictors were SAS (Odds Ratio 3.84; 95% CI 1.44-10.28) and HPS (4.01; 1.52-10.60) for psychosis and novelty seeking subscale of TCI (3.00; 1.41-6.36) and energy/activity (2.68; 1.26-5.68) and social anxiety (3.90; 1.84-8.28) subscales of BIP2 for substance use disorders.

Conclusions:

Scales measuring schizotypal or manic symptoms were good predictors for different psychiatric hospitalisations. Many of the scales predicted several disorders, only few scales predicted only one specific disorder.

Type
Poster Session 2: Epidemiology
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 22 , Issue S1: 15th AEP Congress - Abstract book - 15th AEP Congress , March 2007 , pp. S328
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2007
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