Prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder on a psychiatric inpatient ward and the value of a screening question

Prevalence and Clinical Features of Body Dismorphic Disorder on Psychiatric Inpatients: A Cross-sectional Study in Edirne/TURKEY

“…In the American studies BDD prevalence was found to be 12.9-11%, in the German and the British studies the prevalence rates were 1.9% and 5.8%, respectively 8,[16][17][18] . Our findings are lower than the American studies whereas they are in accordance with the British study.…”

“…Their results showed that in 95 out of 432 patients (22%) self-image anxiety was present but other BDD diagnosis criterias were not covered. It was suggested that questioning self-image anxiety could lead to false positive results 8 . Our study supports this claim.…”

“…In 2 previous American studies this rate was found as 0% and 1%, respectively 17,18 . In the British study only 4 out of 435 hospitalized patients were diagnosed with personality disorders 8 . Since there were 25 BDD patients in their study, their rate of concurrent personality disorders is lower than our rate.…”

“…Due to the lack of insight, these patients tend to look for non-psychiatric solutions 2,7 . Most of them undergo unnecessary dermatological and cosmetic surgical interventions 8 . This disorder causes a decrease in the overall life quality.…”

“…In these 4 studies prevalence rates vary between 16% and 1.9%. This high range in prevalence might be both due to cultural differences and methodological differences 8,[16][17][18][19] . In our study we both aimed to evaluate the prevalence in Turkey and decrease the literatural ambiguity.…”