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Psychiatric disorders and somatic comorbidities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

A. Kerkeni ,
W. Abbes ,
Y. Mejdoub ,
M. Ben Hmida ,
S. Yaich ,
J. Dammak  and
L. Ghanmi
A. Kerkeni*
Affiliation:
The Department Of Psychiatry, Hospital of gabes, Gabes, Tunisia
W. Abbes
Affiliation:
The Department Of Psychiatry, Hospital of gabes, Gabes, Tunisia
Y. Mejdoub
Affiliation:
The Department Of Community Medecine, Hospital Hedi Chaker of Sfax, sfax, Tunisia
M. Ben Hmida
Affiliation:
The Department Of Community Medecine, Hospital Hedi Chaker, sfax, Tunisia
S. Yaich
Affiliation:
The Department Of Community Medecine, Hospital Hedi Chaker of Sfax, sfax, Tunisia
J. Dammak
Affiliation:
The Department Of Community Medecine, Hospital Hedi Chaker of Sfax, sfax, Tunisia
L. Ghanmi
Affiliation:
The Department Of Psychiatry, Hospital of gabes, Gabes, Tunisia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

People followed at the department of psychiatry have a high prevalence of somatic pathologies that are generally not taken optimal care of in time, which implies excess mortality rate among these patients.

Objectives

To study somatic comorbidities in patients followed at the department of psychiatry of the regional hospital of Gabes (Tunisia).

Methods

We conducted a retrospective, descriptive and analytical study carried out on a clinical population who consult for the first time at the psychiatry department at the Gabes regional hospital during the period from January 1st, 2010 to December 31, 2013. Sociodemographic, clinical and therapeutic data of the patients were assessed. Data were analysed using the software SPSS (20th edition).

Results

The number of patients consulting for the first time at the psychiatry department during the study’s period was 1601 patients, with a mean age of 34 years and a sex ratio (M / F) of 0.96. Among these patients, 399 (24.9%) had somatic comorbidity. The most common somatic comorbidity was arterial hypertension (8.1% of patients, n=129 patients). Diabetes mellitus was ranked second with 99 patients (6.2%). The analytical study showed that depressive disorders were significantly more frequent in patients with hypertension (p<0.001), diabetes mellitus (p<0.001) and asthma (p=0.026).

Conclusions

Somatic comorbidities were frequent in patients followed by the department of psychiatry. Paying attention to somatic comorbidities must be part of the evaluation of these patients in order to coordinate effectively with the somatic doctors.

Keywords

Psychiatric disordersSomatic comorbidities
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S240
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