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The associations between age, sex, depression severity, co-diagnoses, hospital, and hospital LoS were analyzed using hierarchical multivariable linear regression models. Results: A total of 6579 patients (mean age 46.6 \u00b1 17.7 years) with 8965 hospitalizations for depression were available. The mean hospital LoS was 35.2 days. Severe depression (+4.9 days) was associated with a longer hospital LoS, with moderate depression as the reference. Older age was positively associated with a longer hospital LoS. Vitamin D deficiency (+9 days), lipid metabolism disorders (+8 days), obesity (+8 days), sleep disorders (+7 days), and reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders (+5 days) were also significantly associated with hospital LoS. Conclusions: In patients with depression, higher depression severity, advanced age, vitamin D deficiency, lipid metabolism disorders, obesity, sleep disorders, reactions to severe stress, and adjustment disorders were associated with a longer hospital LoS. Addressing these factors through comprehensive and integrated care strategies could help optimize hospitalization duration and improve overall patient outcomes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm13154331","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,25]],"date-time":"2024-07-25T06:11:36Z","timestamp":1721887896000},"page":"4331","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Hospital Length of Stay and Associated Factors in Adult Patients with Depression in Germany: A Cross-Sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9216-3936","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nimran","family":"Kaur","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Epidemiology, IQVIA, Bangalore 560 103, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6798-5092","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marcel","family":"Konrad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health and Social, FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6886-2745","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andr\u00e9","family":"Hajek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Economics and Health Services Research, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg Center for Health Economics, 20246 Hamburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5340-9833","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lee","family":"Smith","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Health, Performance and Wellbeing, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2124-7227","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Karel","family":"Kostev","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Epidemiology, IQVIA, Unterschweinstiege 2-14, 60549 Frankfurt am Main, Germany"},{"name":"University Clinic, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"25","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpsychores.2014.11.002","article-title":"The association between depressive symptoms in the community, non-psychiatric hospital admission and hospital outcomes: A systematic review","volume":"78","author":"Prina","year":"2014","journal-title":"J. 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