Socio-demographic and clinical profile of patients attending a mental health camp: A study from Kanchanpur district of western Nepal

Khan, TA; Belbase, Mohan

doi:10.3126/jpan.v2i2.9724

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“…The percentage of married individuals in our study was higher (64%) as compared to unmarried individuals (34%). The findings in our study are comparable to those of Khan T A et al in which the number of married psychiatric patients outnumber unmarried ones 13 . The increased number of married psychiatric patients in our study is a reflection of trend of early marriages in developing countries including Pakistan 14,15 .…”

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Pattern of Psychiatric Morbidities and Sociodemographic Profiles of Patients Attending Out-Patient Department (OPD) at Iftikhar Psychiatric Hospital, Peshawar

Khan¹,

Ullah²

2021

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Background: Psychiatric disorders are the major causes of disability worldwide. Due to cultural differences, the patterns of mental disorders vary globally and there is need to study the patterns of psychiatric disorders in our region. Aims and Objectives: The aim of this study is to know the pattern of various psychiatric morbidities as well as socio demographic characteristics of patients attending out-patient department (OPD) at Iftikhar Psychiatric Hospital, Peshawar. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted at Iftikhar Psychiatric Hospital, Peshawar from 1st June 2020 to 31st January 2021. During this period, a total of 150 patients were recruited through non-probability consecutive sampling technique. Data was collected for variables like gender, age, marital status, urban/rural background, employment status and psychiatric diagnosis. For the variables of continuous type like age, mean and standard deviation were calculated. Diagnosis was made using ICD-10 diagnostic classification system. All the variables were presented as frequencies and %ages. Data was analyzed using SPSS software version 20. Conclusion: Male predominance was observed in the study. Maximum numbers of psychiatric patients were in the age range from 18-40 years. Majority of the study participants were married, employed and belonged to urban background Regarding psychiatric morbidities, the most common were neurotic, stress related and somatoform disorders (38%) followed by mood disorders (28.66 %)., schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders (17.33%) and substance misuse disorders (10%). Keywords: ICD-10; Psychiatric morbidity; out-patient department

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Pattern of Psychiatric Morbidities and Sociodemographic Profiles of Patients Attending Out-Patient Department (OPD) at Iftikhar Psychiatric Hospital, Peshawar

Khan¹,

Ullah²

2021

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“…1,9,10,18,19 Similarly, diagnostic profile of mentally ill patients attending a mental health camp revealed neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders to be the most common diagnosis. 6 Thus, we may safely argue that schizophrenia and related disorders are the most common diagnoses in inpatients while neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders the most common diagnoses in outpatients. It is mainly because the psychotic patients are admitted at first instance because they lack insight and are usually difficult to control at home while for neurotic patients, the norm is outpatient treatment for majority of the cases, being admitted only when they are severe enough, have suicidal tendencies or present with complications.…”

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“…Studies have revealed that four of the six leading causes of years lived with disability are due to neuropsychiatric disorders (depression, alcohol-use disorders, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder). 6 These disorders account for greater morbidity than mortality in patients and therefore directly related to impaired quality of life. Many studies have been conducted in developed countries and some in developing countries attempting to study the pattern of neuropsychiatric illness in outpatient settings and in inpatients.…”

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Patterns of Psychiatric Illness over 3 years: A single Centre Inpatient Study From Nepal

Dhungana

Chapagai

Tulachan

et al. 2015

J Psychiatr Assoc Nepal

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Introduction: Inpatient psychiatric patients are a major group of our treatment domain and they are different from outpatients in certain characteristics. In this study, we assessed the patterns of psychiatric illnesses along with socio-demographic variables in patients admitted in a psychiatry ward of a tertiary hospital over three consecutive years.Methods: This is a retrospective review of all patients admitted in psychiatry ward Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital over a three year period between 2067 Baisakh to 2069 Chaitra (2010 April to 2013 April) by reviewing in-patient admission charts from medical records section of the hospital. Descriptive analysis was done by using SPSS version 19; Chicago, IL, with p value of <0.05 being considered statistically significant. Results: There were a total of 881 patients admitted in the psychiatry ward during the study period (281 patients in 2067, 303 in 2068 and 297 in 2069). Patients in the age group of 20-30 years comprised the majority (n=295; 33.5%) of the total population followed by age group 10-20 years (n=239; 27.1%). Males constituted 50.3% of the total patients. Most of the patients belonged to the central developmental region (n=580; 65.8%). Brahmins comprised the majority (n=374; 42.5%) and 98.8% of the patients were Hindus. The most common diagnosis was schizophrenia and related disorders (25.5%) followed by acute and transient psychotic disorders, ATPD (14.4%). Majority of the patients (n=422; 47.9%) had hospital stay duration of 7-14 days. About 98% of patients were discharged with no cases of mortality over three years studied. Overall trend in those three years was similar except for ethnicity, diagnosis, and duration of stay (p≤0.001).Conclusion: We conclude that schizophrenia and related disorders were the most common diagnosis and 20- 30 years age group was the most commonly afflicted age- group among psychiatry inpatients. This adds insight to our understanding of predominant psychiatric illness in inpatients and how they differ from outpatients aiding in scaling of services in inpatients.J Psychiatric Association of Nepal Vol .3, No.2, 2014, pp:15-19DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jpan.v3i2.12382

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“…Till now maximum people are out of modern treatment facility due to poor economic conditions, prevailing superstition, stigma in mental patients and lack of scientific method of treatment of mental illness. 3 The aim of this study was documentation of psychiatry morbidity seeking treatment in psychiatry OPD of tertiary care level and comparing the pattern of psychiatry morbidity with other published literature.…”

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Profile of new Patients attending Psychiatry Out-patient Department at Lumbini Medical College-Teaching Hospital, Palpa

Sharma

Devkota

Pant

2018

J Psychiatr Assoc Nepal

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Introduction: Study on prevalence of psychiatric disorders in Palpa and nearby districts which lie in western Nepal, is not much studied till date. We therefore conducted this study aiming to see the pattern of psychiatric illness in an Outpatient Department of Lumbini Medical College which is a tertiary care centre located in Palpa district.Material And Method: : This is a retrospective study where outpatient record of all new cases attending the Psychiatry OPD from 29th Oct 2014 to 29th Dec 2014 were studied and statistical analysis were done. The number of new patients were 107.Results: Out of 107 patients, 60.74 % (65)) were females and 39.26 %( 42) were males. Patients of age group 31-40yrs showed the largest proportion (27.49%) followed by age group 41-50yrs (24.29%). Majority cases were illiterate (69.15%) followed by primary level of education (14.95%). The occupation of most of the cases were household work (35.51%) followed by farming (31.77%). Anxiety disorder (27.10%) was the most frequent diagnosis ahead of “Others” (18.69%) followed by depressive disorder (15.88%).Conclusion: Most of the new patients attending the psychiatry OPD of Lumbini Medical College were females, of 31-40 age group and most of the patients suffered from anxiety disorders. J Psychiatrists’ Association of Nepal Vol. 6, No. 2, 2017, Page: 42-44

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Socio-demographic and clinical profile of patients attending a mental health camp: A study from Kanchanpur district of western Nepal

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

Pattern of Psychiatric Morbidities and Sociodemographic Profiles of Patients Attending Out-Patient Department (OPD) at Iftikhar Psychiatric Hospital, Peshawar

Pattern of Psychiatric Morbidities and Sociodemographic Profiles of Patients Attending Out-Patient Department (OPD) at Iftikhar Psychiatric Hospital, Peshawar

Patterns of Psychiatric Illness over 3 years: A single Centre Inpatient Study From Nepal

Profile of new Patients attending Psychiatry Out-patient Department at Lumbini Medical College-Teaching Hospital, Palpa

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