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Table 3 Comparison of the duration of inpatient treatment in days for male and female patients by depression severity

From: Pattern of inpatient care for depression: an analysis of 232,289 admissions

Depression

subgroup

(ICD-10)

Sex

Length of stay (d),

P-value

Mean

SDa

95%CLb

Q1c/Q2d/Q3e

Moderate (F32/33.1)

Male

14.83

14.49

14.70–14.97

5.0/12.0/20.0

<.001

Female

15.80

14.86

15.70–15.91

6.0/13.0/22.0

 

Severe (F32/33.2)

Male

19.04

19.32

18.83–19.24

6.0/15.0/26.0

<.001

Female

20.33

19.97

20.16–20.49

7.0/16.0/28.0

 

Severe with psychotic features (F32/33.3)

Male

22.44

22.37

21.98–22.89

8.0/17.0/29.0

<.001

Female

24.06

24.31

23.70–24.42

9.0/19.0/31.0

 
  1. aSD Standard deviation
  2. bCL Confidence level
  3. cQ1 Lower Quartile
  4. dQ2 Median
  5. eQ3 Upper Quartile