Psychiatric morbidity in elderly patients attending OPD of tertiary care centre in western region of Nepal

Industrial Psychiatry Journal
Prakash ThapaBhaskkar Sharma

Abstract

Aging of population is currently a global phenomenon. At least one in 5 people over the age of 65 years will suffer from a mental disorder by 2030. Study of psychiatric morbidities in this age group is essential to prepare for upcoming challenges. To find out the prevalence of different psychiatric morbidities in elderly population and to find out if there are any age and gender specific differences. Retrospective review; Psychiatric outpatient department of Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal. Data for patients ≥ 65 years of age attending the psychiatric outpatient department of Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal, from 1(st) January 2012 to 15(th) January 2013 were collected retrospectively in a predesigned proforma. Risk of having different psychiatric disorders was estimated using odds ratio. The mean age of 120 patients included in this study was 69.67 (SD = 5.94) years. Depressive disorder (26.7%) was the most common diagnosis. There was no statistically significant difference in psychiatric disorders in >75 years compared with ≤75 years except for dementia [odd ratio (OR) (≤75 years/>75 years)=0.055, 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.016; 0.194]. Alcohol dependence syndrome [OR (male/female)=7.826, 95% CI = 1.69...Continue Reading

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