Psychiatric Morbidity Among Patients Following Spinal Cord Injury
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 5
Abstract
Objective: The objective of the study wasto identify the prevalence of the psychiatric morbidity and to determine the types of psychiatric morbidity among patients following Spinal cord injury. Methods: The study was a cross sectional, descriptive and analytical study carried out in theCentre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP), Savar, Dhaka; during the period from July 2011 to June 2012. A total 53 Patients aged 18 to 60 years, who suffer from Spinal Cord Injury of both sexes and meet the inclusion criteria considered as sample. They were assessed for psychiatric disorders by using validated Bangla translation of Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis-I disorder SCID-CV.Results:Out of53 cases, a detectable psychiatric condition was present in 77.4% of the patients, including depressive disorder in 60.4%, generalized anxiety disorder 11.3%, post-traumatic stress disorder in 1.9%, and panic disorder without agoraphobia 3.8%. Analysis of response to other items of structured questionnaire showed that factors related to injury, family history of psychiatric illness, severity of injury, duration of injury; unemployment due to injury, found no association with psychiatric morbidity (p>.05). Conclusion: Psychiatric morbidity among individuals with Spinal Cord Injury is significantly higher than general population which is potentially affecting treatment outcome.
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Khandker Anjumanara Begum, Md. Ferdous Rahman, Nasrin Akhter
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