Ojective: It is estimated that Hepatitis B (HBV) and Hepatitis C (HCV) diseases have high morbidity, affecting more than 400 million people in the world. Turkey is considered as a semi-pandemic region for these infections.
Methods: In this study, our aim is to determine the seroprevalance of HBV and HCV in psychiatric hospitalized patients which is thought to be the risk group and to support the literature in terms of protective precautions in the progressed stages. Our study was performed between February-2014 and January 2015 in Diyarbakır Selahaddin Eyyubi State Hospital psychiatry clinic. The patient’s files were investigated retrospectively, the results of serological tests (HBsAg, AntiHBS and AntiHCV) and socio-demographical data (age, sex, diagnoses and living areas) were used.
Results: HBSAg positivity was 1.7% in schizophrenia patients, 0,8% in bipolar affective disorder patients, 0.4% in retarded patients and 0,3% in depression patients. A statistically significant relationship was found between schizophrenia and HBSAg.
Conclusion: Similar precautions against viral hepatitis with high transmission rates should be applied in the chronic, disabled psychiatric patients just like the normal population. Active immunization will be useful in the schizophrenia group patients having relatively more risk. Extensive studies should be performed to obtain detailed and accurate data.
Konular | Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi |
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Bölüm | Araştırma Yazıları |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 17 Mart 2017 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 17 Mart 2017 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2017 Cilt: 44 Sayı: 1 |