Retrospective Analysis of Patients admitted to Emergency Dental Clinic of a Secondary Care Public Hospital in Turkey

Agmaz, Onur; Acar, Yahya Ayhan; Cevik, Erdem; Uyguner, Cem; Oral, Baris E; Bal, Cenkhan

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10029-1146

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“…We found a similar rate of woman admission despite diverse living areas of populations. In addition, 65.2% of 17757 patients diagnosed with a mental illness were women in a study published by Asoglu and colleagues (6). In our study, women constituted most of the patients numerically even in disease groups except psychotic disorders and OCD.…”

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confidence: 48%

“…Domestic violence, trauma history, anemia and cutaneous infectious disease were significant predictors of mental illness in women according to a previous study performed in Southeastern region of Turkey (11). Gender difference in psychiatry outpatient clinic applications might also be related with that men attribute psychiatric symptoms to failure, daily stress and financial situations (6,8). Female dominance in psychiatric disorders is also relevant for other countries such as Iran (12).…”

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confidence: 85%

“…Similarly, the most common diagnosis was depressive disorders in our study. On the contrary, the diagnosis of depressive disorders was found to be less than anxiety disorders in a recent study (6). According to large communitybased studies, the rate of developing anxiety disorder throughout life is 33.7%.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Psychiatric epidemiology studies are very important in terms of obtaining data about the etiology and pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders, determining risk groups and prevalence, as well as planning, developing, and evaluating mental health services (1)(2)(3). Recent studies focused on the distribution of psychiatric diseases according to sociodemographic patterns and their relationship with the use of psychiatric services (4)(5)(6).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There is a close relationship between various sociodemographic characteristics such as age, gender, socioeconomic status, and admissions to psychiatric institutions (3,4,6). On the other hand, epidemiological data evolves due to aging population and changes in demographic Quantitative variables were presented as mean and standard deviation.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Başkentte bir psikiyatri polikliniğine bakış: Başvuranların tanı ve sosyodemografik özelliklerinin değerlendirilmesi

ÖZTÜRK

2022

Kırıkkale Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi

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Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate admissions to a psychiatry outpatient clinic in an urban area through one year period and analyze sociodemographic characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment protocols of individual patients with an emphasis on age and gender. Material and Method: Patients who applied to University of Health Sciences, Ankara Numune, Education and Research Hospital Kolej Psychiatry outpatient clinic between February 2016 and February 2017 were included in the study. The patient files were retrospectively reviewed in terms of sociodemographic characteristics, diagnoses, treatment protocols and the number of admissions within one year. Results: Retrospective evaluation of hospital records yielded 1247 patients. Among these patients, 66.5% were female and 85.2% were under 65 years old. The most common diagnoses were depressive and anxiety disorders with a percentage of 42% and 40.3%, respectively. Anxiety disorders (66.4%, 33.6%, p<0.001, respectively), depressive disorders (72.7%, 27.3%, p<0.001, respectively) and somatic symptom disorders (90.9%, 9.1%, p=0.007, respectively) were significantly more frequent in females compared to male gender. On the other hand, all psychiatric diagnoses except normal psychiatric examination were significantly higher in patients <65 years old compared to patients ≥65 years of age. There was a positive and moderate correlation between age and number of comorbid conditions (r=0.57, p<0.001) and positive and weak correlation between age and number of psychiatric medications (r=0.07, p=0.006). However, there was no correlation between age and number of control visits. Conclusion: Depressive and anxiety disorders were the most common diagnoses both in adult and elderly patient populations among patients who admitted to a district outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital within one year period. Female gender admissions were more prevalent than males.

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confidence: 48%