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Rates of distribution of psychiatric disorders, hepatitis seroprevalence and illicit substance usage among adults aged 50 years and over in Turkey: a regional representative study
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Journal Article
Rates of distribution of psychiatric disorders, hepatitis seroprevalence and illicit substance usage among adults aged 50 years and over in Turkey: a regional representative study
2019
Overview
Results: Rates of admission etiologies were as follows; for the patient group without any psychiatric diagnosis, followed by recommendation without any medical treatment because of non-specific psychiatric complaints (general examinations, 22.7%), alcohol/substance analyzes (17.6%), bipolar disorders (14.3%), schizophrenia (13.7%) and depression (13.2%).In the 50-59 years age group, the most common reason for admission was alcohol/drug screening for probation and forensic evaluation (20.4%). In a study carried out in Erzurum in 2001-2002, it was reported that the rate of depression in 65 patients over 65 years was 58.8%.11 In 2008, 1019 patients aged 70 years and over were found to have 11% Alzheimer and 20% dementia.12 Similarly, the rate of High depressive symptoms was reported to be 50% in the study conducted in Istanbul over 55 years of age.13 In a study conducted in Trabzon aged 55 and over, the prevalence of depression was found to be 13.6% and the prevalence of cognitive impairment was 17.1%.14 It is also frequently more difficult to manage psychiatric disorders in the elderly due to high comorbidity rates and neurocognitive degenerative processes. [...]psychiatric symptoms may be obscured by chronic disease symptoms and the use of medications in the elderly.15 In a previously study was reported that epidemiological studies in the elderly are particularly important for determining prevalence and health policies due to increase of the aging population in Turkey.16 Therefore, comprehensive studies on mental health issues specific to the 50 age and over population are needed. According to this, in the current study, 891 patients aged >50 years were screened for drugs. According to our laboratory records, alcohol was detected in 5.8% out of 136 the patients.
