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Psychiatric Disorders and Disabilities among Leprosy Patients in Turkey

Year 2010, , 9 - 18, 01.09.2010
https://doi.org/10.1501/Kriz_0000000321

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to
investigate psychiatric morbidities and
disabilities due to physical and psychological
problems among patients with Leprosy.
Method: The study was conducted among all
patients with Leprosy in the inpatient units of
all the Leprosy hospitals in Turkey between
March-June 2001. A total number of 65
inpatients with Leprosy were included in the
study. The patients were assessed by the
Composite Diagnostic Interview- Primary
Health Care Version (CIDI-PHCV) and the
Brief Disability Questionnaire (BDQ), and a
Sociodemographic and Clinical Information
Form (SCI). Risk factors such as age, gender,
lenght of hospital stay, having active disease,
duration of illness, having visible and nonvisible
deformities, comorbidities, and
disabilities for psychiatric disorders were also
evaluated in the study. It was the first use of
CIDI-PHCV to investigate psychiatric morbidity
in patients with Leprosy.
Results: The leading diagnostic
distribution of the subjects according to ICD-10
criteria were current depressive episode
(12%), generalized anxiety disorder (12%),
persistent somatoform pain disorder (12%) and
recurrent brief depressive episode (9%). When
disability was evaluated for each diagnostic
group of psychiatric disorders individually, only
the difference between the disability scores of
the patients with and without current
depressive episode in accordance with ICD-10
was found to be significant (p=0.04).
Conclusion: Rate of depression seen
among patients with Leprosy was similar to
general society and lower than other chronic
diseases. But, anxiety disorder was more
frequent in patients with Leprosy when
compared to general population. The patients
had moderate loss of functionality. By
considering very low socioeconomic status of
hospitalized patients with Leprosy in Turkey,
psychiatric support should be positioned as a
part of social rehabilitation system

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  • Elissen MCCA (1991) Beliefs of leprosy patients about their illness. Trop. Geogr. Med. 43: 379- 382.
  • Kaplan I (1995)Mental disorders and disability in a primary health care clinic in semi-rural area. Turk Psikiyatri Derg 6(3):169-179.
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  • Marlowe SN, Lockwood DN (2001) Update on leprosy. Hosp Med. 62 (8) 471-6.
  • Olivier RH (1987) Psychiatric aspects of Hansen’s disease (Leprosy). J Clin Psychiatry 48: 477- 479.
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  • Rezaki M, Kaplan İ, Üçok GÖ ve ark. (1995) Temel sağlık hizmetlerinde ruhsal sorunlar üzerine bir alan araştırması [A field study on mental problems at the primary care]. Turk Psikiyatri Derg [Turkish Journal of Psychiatry] 6(1): 3-11
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  • Scott J (2000) The psychosocial needs of leprosy patients. Lepr Rev 71, 486-491.
  • Sentürk V (2002) Psychiatric disorders and disability among leprosy patients. Unpublished thesis, Baskent Universities Schools of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
  • Senturk V, Sagduyu A (2004) Psychiatric disorders and disability among leprosy patients; a review. Turk Psikiyatri Derg [Turkish Journal of Psychiatry] Fall;15(3):236-43.
  • Shale MJH (2000) Women with leprosy a women with leprosy is in double jeoprdy. Lepr Rev 71: 5-17.
  • Sharma P, Kar HK, Beena KR et al (1996) Disabilities in multibacillery leprosy patients: befor, during and after multidrug therapy. Indian J Lepr 68(2): 127-136 .
  • Soykan A, Kundakçı N, Erdem C (1991) Psychiatric disturbances in leprosy patients. Lepr. Mec 22: 229-238.
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Türkiye’de Leprası olan Hastalarda Psikiyatrik Morbidite ve Yetiyitimi

Year 2010, , 9 - 18, 01.09.2010
https://doi.org/10.1501/Kriz_0000000321

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı Leprası olan
hastalarda fiziksel ve psikolojik sorunlar nedeni
ile oluşan psikiyatrik hastalıkları ve yetiyitimini
araştırmaktır.
Yöntem: Bu çalışma Türkiye’de bulunan
tüm Lepra hastanelerinde Mart-Haziran 2001
döneminde yatarak tedavi gören Lepra
hastaları ile yürütülmüştür. Bu çalışmaya 65
hasta dahil edimiştir. Değerlendirmede
kullanılan ölçekler; Yapılandırılmış Tanısal
Görüşme-Birinci Basamak Versiyonu, Kısa
Yetiyitimi Anketi, Sosyodemografik ve Klinik
Bilgi Anketleridir. Yaş, cinsiyet, hastanede kalış
süresi, hastalığın aktif döneminde olmak,
hastalık süresi, görünen ve görünmeyen
deformitelerin varlığı, eşhastalıklar ve
psikiayrik hastalıklar nedeni ile oluşan yetiyitimi
gibi risk faktörleri de araştırılmıştır. Bu çalışma
Leprası olan hastalarda psikiyatrik morbiditenin
araştırılmasında ilk kez yapılandırılmış klinik
görüşme anketinin kullanılması nedeni ile
özellik taşımaktadır.
Bulgular: ICD-10 tanı kriterlerine göre
şimdiki depresif epizod (%12), yaygın aksiyete
bozukluğu (%12) ve inatçı somatoform ağrı
bozukluğu (%12) ve yineleyici kısa depresif
epizod (%9) en sık görülen ruhsal hastalıklardı.
Ruhsal hastalıklarda yetiyitiminin
değerlendirildiği analizlerde yalnızca şimdiki
depresif epizodu olan ve olmayan hastalar
arasında yetiyimi istatistiksel olarak anlamlı
farklı bulundu (p=0.04). Tartışma: Leprası olan
yatan hastalarda depresyon görülme oranları
genel toplumla benzerlik gösterirken diğer
kronik hastalıklara oranla daha düşük
bulunmuştur. Ancak yaygın anksiyete
bozukluğu genel topluma oranla daha yüksek
saptanmıştır. Hastalarda orta düzeyde
işlevsellik kaybı olduğu tesbit edilmiştir.
Hastaların çok düşük olan sosyoekonomik
düzeyleri de dikkate alındığında psikiyatrik
desteğin sosyal rehabilitasyonun bir parçası
olarak düzenlenmesi gerekli görünmektedir.

References

  • Bharath S, Shamasundar C, Raghuram R ve ark (1997) Psychiatric morbidity in leprosy and psoriasis—a comparative study. Indian J Lepr Oct-Dec, 69(4); 341-6.
  • Çakıner T, Yüksel A, Soydan M (1993) Women and leprosy In Turkey. Indian J Lepr 65 (1): 59-67.
  • Gokhale SD (2001) Social/Ecoomic rehabilitation. Int J of Leprosy 69(2) suppl : 42-51.
  • Grand A (1997) Women and leprosy: a review. Lep Rev 68: 203-211.
  • Elissen MCCA (1991) Beliefs of leprosy patients about their illness. Trop. Geogr. Med. 43: 379- 382.
  • Kaplan I (1995)Mental disorders and disability in a primary health care clinic in semi-rural area. Turk Psikiyatri Derg 6(3):169-179.
  • Kumar JHR, Verghese A (1980) Psychiatric disturbances among leprosy patients; an epidemiological study. Int J Leprosy 48 (4) 431-434.
  • Marlowe SN, Lockwood DN (2001) Update on leprosy. Hosp Med. 62 (8) 471-6.
  • Olivier RH (1987) Psychiatric aspects of Hansen’s disease (Leprosy). J Clin Psychiatry 48: 477- 479.
  • Özbesler Ö (1993) Lepra (cüzzam) hastalarının sosyal psikolojik ve ekonomik sorunlarının sosyal hizmet açısından değerlendirilmesi. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü (Ankara). Yüksek lisans tezi s35.
  • Price JE (1983) A study of leprosy patients with deformities, and the implications for the treatment of all leprosy patients. Lepr Rev 54: 129-137.
  • Rezaki M, Kaplan İ, Üçok GÖ ve ark. (1995) Temel sağlık hizmetlerinde ruhsal sorunlar üzerine bir alan araştırması [A field study on mental problems at the primary care]. Turk Psikiyatri Derg [Turkish Journal of Psychiatry] 6(1): 3-11
  • Robins LN, Wing J, Wittchen HU (1988) The Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Arch Gen Psychiatry 45: 1069-1077.
  • Scott J (2000) The psychosocial needs of leprosy patients. Lepr Rev 71, 486-491.
  • Sentürk V (2002) Psychiatric disorders and disability among leprosy patients. Unpublished thesis, Baskent Universities Schools of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
  • Senturk V, Sagduyu A (2004) Psychiatric disorders and disability among leprosy patients; a review. Turk Psikiyatri Derg [Turkish Journal of Psychiatry] Fall;15(3):236-43.
  • Shale MJH (2000) Women with leprosy a women with leprosy is in double jeoprdy. Lepr Rev 71: 5-17.
  • Sharma P, Kar HK, Beena KR et al (1996) Disabilities in multibacillery leprosy patients: befor, during and after multidrug therapy. Indian J Lepr 68(2): 127-136 .
  • Soykan A, Kundakçı N, Erdem C (1991) Psychiatric disturbances in leprosy patients. Lepr. Mec 22: 229-238.
  • Stewart AL, Hays RD, Ware JE Jr (1988) The MOS short-form general health survey. Reliability and validity in a patient population. Med Care Jul;26(7):724-35.
  • Tarlov AR, Ware JE Jr, Greenfield S ve ark (1989) The Medical Outcomes Study. An application of methods for monitoring the results of medical care. JAMA Aug 18;262(7): 925-30.
  • Verma KK, Gautam S (1994) Psychiatric morbidity in displaced leprosy patients. Indian J Lepr Jul- Sep; 66(3):339-43.
  • Yazıcı O, Şatır F, Oto R ve ark. (1984) Lepralı Hastalarda Ruhsal Bozukluklar Üzerine Bir Araştırma [An investigation on mental disorders among leprosy patients]. D. Ü.T. F. Dergisi [Journal Dicle University] 11 (3-4): 131- 139.
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Other ID JA45VS26CK
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Vesile Şentürk This is me

Afşin Sağduyu This is me

Publication Date September 1, 2010
Submission Date September 1, 2010
Published in Issue Year 2010

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APA Şentürk, V., & Sağduyu, A. (2010). Türkiye’de Leprası olan Hastalarda Psikiyatrik Morbidite ve Yetiyitimi. Kriz Dergisi, 18(3), 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1501/Kriz_0000000321