Psychiatric in patients; pattern and prevalence of psychiatric morbidity. A study based on psychiatric case-register

ABSTRACT

To explore the pattern and prevalence of inpatient psychiatric morbidity and to see how it differs from the pattern of psychiatric morbidity in community. The details of all in-patients from the case register developed for a health information system was included in study. In Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur. From 1998-2003. A total of 5426 patients were admitted in the six year. There was a slight difference of 0.8% in total number of males and females cases [i.e., 2764 males Vs 2662 females]. Overall difference reported in the present study, in mean ages of males and females was 3.45 years [i.e., males = 31.85 Vs females = 28.40]. Mean stay of patients in ward is 10-12 days. Most patients were admitted with Conversion disorder 24% followed by Schizophrenia 23%, Depressive disorder 20%, Drug Dependence 10%, Bipolar Disorder 7%. The patients with Neurotic Disorder and Organic Disorder were below 5%. The study showed that overall general pattern of inpatient psychiatric morbidity is in line with pattern of psychiatric morbidity in community and the partial variance can be explained in terms of social variables, as this variance exist even across studies within community samples