The Prevalence of Psychiatric Morbidity in General Hospital Inpatients

1991 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 322-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Clarke ◽  
I. Harry Minas ◽  
Geoffrey W. Stuart
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Major Depressive Episode ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Medical Patients ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Hospital Inpatients ◽  
A Current

The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in a sample of medical and surgical inpatients in an Australian general hospital. Using the 60-item General Health Questionnaire, the estimated prevalence was 30% (previous studies have yielded estimates generally between 20 and 50%). The prevalence of morbidity was significantly higher in medical (45%) than in surgical (23%) inpatients. Twelve percent of patients (20% of medical patients and 8% of surgical patients) satisfied DSM-Ill criteria for a current Major Depressive Episode. Anxiety scores on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory were higher than those reported in general population samples. There were no significant differences between males and females on any scores. The problems associated with the definition and identification of depressive and anxiety syndromes in medical and surgical inpatients are discussed, whilst the importance of this task is emphasized.

Validity indices of the General Health Questionnaire among general hospital inpatients

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (S 01) ◽  
Author(s):  
F Friedrich ◽  
R Alexandrowicz ◽  
N Benda ◽  
G Cerny ◽  
J Wancata
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Validity Indices ◽  
Hospital Inpatients

Psychiatric and Social Outcome of Liver Transplantation

1995 ◽  
Vol 166 (4) ◽  
pp. 521-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Collis ◽  
Andrew Burroughs ◽  
Keith Rolles ◽  
Geoffrey Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Liver Transplantation ◽  
Nottingham Health Profile ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Medical Patients ◽  
Post Transplantation ◽  
Tertiary Referral Centre ◽  
Cross Sectional

BackgroundThis study measures psychiatric morbidity, quality of life, and cognitive function after liver transplantation.MethodWe undertook a cross-sectional study, with a longitudinal subgroup. The setting was a tertiary referral centre for liver transplantation. The subjects were 30 post-liver-transplantation patients, including 11 also interviewed before the operation. The main outcome measures were the Clinical Interview Schedule (CIS), the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).ResultsOf the patients, 8/30 were CIS cases, and 7/30 were GHQ cases. NHP scores were higher than a previous postal study indicated, with less impairment after than before transplant. MMSE scores were 24–30. Median GHQ was 7.0 before operation and 1.0 after operation (P = 0.03), with no significant change in CIS score.ConclusionLiver transplantation improves quality of life, but not to the level of the general population; post-transplantation patients have a prevalence of psychiatric morbidity comparable with that of general medical patients.

scholarly journals Pattern of psychiatric morbidity among referred inpatients in a tertiary care hospital of Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-42
Author(s):  
Nasim Jahan ◽  
Mohammad Muntasir Maruf ◽  
Sharmin Kauser ◽  
Mekhala Sarkar ◽  
Md Masud Rana Sarker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Psychiatric Consultation ◽  
Liaison Psychiatry ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Consultation Liaison Psychiatry ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Inpatient Units

There is a dearth of studies related to consultation-liaison psychiatry in Bangladesh. The psychiatric referral rates in this country are very low, considering the higher rates of psychiatric morbidity in patients who attend various departments of a general hospital. This was a descriptive study consisting of all the cases referred for psychiatric consultation from inpatient units of various departments of BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka from July 2017 to June 2018. Patients of any age and of either gender were included. A total of 673 patients (1.97% of total admission) were referred from different departments of the hospital for psychiatric consultation within the study period. Majority of the respondents were female. The mean age of the respondents was 59.47 (±1.98) years. Among the referred, Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) was the diagnosis in 24.96%, followed by Major depressive disorder (MDD) in 9.95% cases. Referral from the department of Medicine and allied was 92.86 %, followed by department of Surgery and allied (6.38%) & department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (0.74%). Frequency of referral was the lowest in the months of November to January. There is a need to encourage multi-disciplinary interaction in the management of patients who attend general hospitals, so as to better identify the psychiatric morbidity. Bang J Psychiatry December 2017; 31(2): 38-42

Psychiatric morbidity in male remanded and sentenced committals to Irish prisons

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 169-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine Curtin ◽  
Stephen Monks ◽  
Brenda Wright ◽  
Dearbhia Duffy ◽  
Sally Linehan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Records ◽  
Substance Misuse ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Treatment Needs ◽  
Psychotic Illness ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Current Prevalence ◽  
Icd 10 ◽  
Organic Psychoses ◽  
A Current

AbstractObjectives: To describe the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity and the treatment needs of new committals to Irish prisons.Methods: A population survey of 615 prisoners representing 7.9% of male committals to Irish prisons in the year of survey, 313 remands (9.6% of total remand committals) and 302 sentenced committals (6.4% of total sentenced committals). The main outcome measures were ICD-10 diagnoses of mental disorder based on interviews using SADS-L and prison medical records.Results: Current prevalence rates of any psychotic illness were 3.8% (remand) and 0.3% (sentenced), six month prevalence rate 5.1% (remand) and 2.6% (sentenced) and lifetime rate 9.3% (remand) and 6.6% (sentenced). Schizophrenia and drug/organic psychoses were the most common psychoses. Major depressive disorder had a current prevalence of 4.5% (remand) and 4.6% (sentenced), a six month prevalence of 4.8% (remand) and 6.0% (sentenced), and a lifetime prevalence of 8.6% (remand) and 15.9% (sentenced). Sixty-point-six per cent of the sample had a current substance misuse problem.Conclusions: There is significant psychiatric morbidity in committal prisoners.

Psychiatric morbidity among Punjabi medical patients in England measured by General Health Questionnaire

1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 711-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
I-B. Krause ◽  
R. M. Rosser ◽  
M. L. Khiani ◽  
N. S. Lotay
Keyword(s):  
General Health ◽  
Depressive Symptomatology ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Asian Immigrants ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Medical Patients ◽  
Health Centres

SynopsisThe 28-item GHQ was administered to 282 Punjabi and white British patients visiting two Health Centres in Bedford. We discovered that ethnicity is not significantly correlated with GHQ ‘caseness’, but that differences exist in somatic and depressive symptomatology. The discussion relates these findings to debates about the psychiatric morbidity of Asian immigrants and somatization.

Psychological Morbidity in Australian Doctors who have and have not Experienced a Medico-Legal Matter: Cross-Sectional Survey

2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 917-925 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Nash ◽  
Michele Daly ◽  
Maree Johnson ◽  
Garry Walter ◽  
Merrilyn Walton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Psychological Morbidity ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
History Of ◽  
A Current

Objective: To describe the differences in psychological morbidity between Australian general practitioners (GPs) who have experienced a medico-legal matter and those who have not. Methods: A total of 1499 GPs were initially invited to participate in the study. Two hundred and sixty requested not to participate, with 1239 subsequently being sent a survey. There were 566 respondents (45.7% response rate to survey). There were two sources of data. First, a cross-sectional survey sought demographic information, personality traits via the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), history of a medico-legal matter with any medical defence organization, and measures of psychological morbidity, including the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS), and Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. Second, information was extracted from the United Medical Protection database on medico-legal matters. Results: Fifty-nine per cent of respondents to the survey reported ever having a medico-legal matter, with 13% having a current medico-legal matter. Those with a current matter reported increased levels of disability (in work, social or family life) and higher prevalence of psychiatric morbidity (45% vs 27% GHQ ‘case identification’ rates), compared to those with no current matter. Those respondents with a history of past medico-legal matters reported increased levels of disability (SDS) and depression subscores (GHQ). Male respondents drank significantly more alcohol than female respondents, and male respondents with current or past medico-legal matters had significantly higher levels of alcohol use than male respondents with no experience of medico-legal matters. Conclusions: Doctors who have current and past medico-legal matters have a higher level of psychological morbidity. The study design was unable to distinguish cause or effect. A longitudinal study is planned to investigate this. The findings have significant implications for medical training, doctor support systems and medical insurance groups.

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