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Psychiatric Disorders and Disabilities among Leprosy Patients in Turkey
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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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
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Journal Section
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Publication Date
September 1, 2010
Submission Date
September 1, 2010
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2010 Volume: 18 Number: 3