Open AccessCLINICAL DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS UNDER OBSERVATION IN A PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC
Author(s) -
O. V. Shilova,
E. V. Frenkel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
problemy zdorovʹâ i èkologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-6011
pISSN - 2220-0967
DOI - 10.51523/2708-6011.2013-10-4-25
Subject(s) - dispensary , epidemiology , medicine , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , medical record , psychiatric hospital , family medicine , surgery
Aim: to study the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients suffering from mental disorders and being under medical supervision at the Dispensary Ward of the Gomel Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital. Material and methods . The main clinical and epidemiological data of the patients under medical supervision at the Dispensary Ward of the Gomel Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital were studied using the continuous method. Results. About half of the patients under the psychiatric supervision suffered from schizophrenia. Of them, 58 % patients were first registered at the able-bodied age, men under 30 and women over 30 had a higher risk of being put on the record. The part of the patients (10,45 %) were uneducated, more than 85 % patients were unemployed. Almost half (42,6 %) of the patients with permanent disability suffered from schizophrenia.