10-year pattern of admissions in psychiatric unit at a tertiary care hospital in pakistan.

Authors

Raza ur Rahman, Dow University of Health Sciences, KarachiFollow
Abdul Ghani Khan, Dow University of Health Sciences
Naila Naerm Shahbaz, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Document Type

Commentary

Abstract

To identify the pattern of psychiatric morbidity in hospitalized patients of a tertiary care unit.Design; Details of patient’s admissions from the case register of psychiatric unit were recorded retrospectively.The study was conducted in Dept. of Psychiatry Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre JPMC Karachi and included data of ten years. RESULTS;- TA total of 5527 patients were hospitalized during period of ten years (1995 – 2004). Among them 62.612% (n = 3461) were males and 37.38 (n = 2066) were females. The majority of patients were in the age range of 15 – 44 years. On the basis of ICD classification, mood disorders (F 30 – F 39) (42.42%) were most frequent diagnosis made, followed by schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders (F20-F29) (26.50%), mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use (9.5%).CONCLUSION; Pattern of inpatients psychiatric disorders is slightly different from outpatient population and comprised of mostly patients with un-manageable acute psychiatric disorder. This measure of assessment of needs will help in allocation of resources.

Recommended Citation

Rahman, Raza ur; Ghani Khan, Abdul; and Shahbaz, Naila Naerm (2016) "10-year pattern of admissions in psychiatric unit at a tertiary care hospital in pakistan.," Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS): Vol. 11: Iss. 2, Article 11.
Available at: https://ecommons.aku.edu/pjns/vol11/iss2/11