Blood glucose, cholesterol, body mass index and systemic blood pressure in psychiatric patients attending a tertiary care hospital of sindh

Objective: The present observational study was conducted to determine the blood glucose, body mass index, blood pressure and serum cholesterol in psychiatric patients

Study Design: Observational study

Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out at Psychiatric Clinic, Department of Medicine, Indus Medical College, Tando Muhammad Khan, Sindh from June 2014 to January 2016

Materials and Methods: A sample of 275 new cases suffering from different Psychiatric disorders was selected

Diagnosis of Psychiatric disorders was made by a consultant Psychiatrist. Body weight, height and systemic blood pressure were measured by standard methods. Willing participants were asked to sign a proforma of consent for ethical issues. Data was entered on excel sheet and copied to the SPSS 22.0 for statistical analysis. Analysis was performed at P value of < 0.05

Results: Mean +/- SD age was noted as 47 +/- 11.97 years [p = 0.02]. Male to female ratio was 1.83 vs. 1.0 [p=0.0001]. BMI > 30 was noted in 26.5% of subjects. Of 275 study subjects, normal blood glucose was noted in 79.6% while 20.3% of psychiatric patients showed raised blood glucose levels. Normal and raised blood cholesterol was noted in 65.09% and 34.9% respectively. Psychiatric disorders were correlated with blood glucose and blood cholesterol levels

Conclusion: Psychiatric disorders are a risk factor for raised blood glucose, blood cholesterol, BMI and Systemic hypertension; this predisposes patients for diabetes mellitus and associated morbidities

Pattern of injection addiction at Hyderabad: a clinical preliminary study on injection addiction [substance abuse] at Hyderabad, Pakistan

The aim of this clinical research was to assess the pattern of injection addiction [substance abuse] in a group of hospital attenders, 'which is a common addiction among medical and it's a related profession. Clinical cross-sectional study. Psychiatric out patients clinics of Liaquat University Hospital and Sir Cowasjee Jehanghir, Institute of Psychiatry, Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan from 1[st], January 2009 to 30[th], June, 2009. 59patients [47 male and 12 female cases] were diagnosed on DSM-IV[1] diagnostic Criteria for substance abuse to establish diagnosis and the socio-derno graphic data was collected on semi structure proforma of the study. The male cases dominated the study [79.66%] as compared to female cases [20.33%] which is significant [p-value < 0.02] while 34 cases [57.62%] were from the medical and its related professions like medical representatives, medical store owners and hospital staff and result is significant [P- 0.005 +/- SD]. 11 cases [18.64%] were the results of surgical intervention for acute pains and other surgical reasons, leading to injection addiction and is significantly positive [P-value < 0.02], while 05 patients [8.47%] were chronic drug addicts used the injections for escalation purpose. This study reflects the existence of injection addiction among medical professionals but seems to be less frequent in the community. This is alarming situation in the community for psychosocial attitudinal considerationwhile selecting the profession high as in surgical in-patients. [32.3% and about three and half times as compared to gynecological patients [18.4%]