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The Diagnoses and Sociodemographic Characteristics of Children and Adolescents Treated in a University Hospital Psychiatry Inpatient Service

Bir Üniversite Hastanesi Psikiyatri Servisinde Tedavi Edilen Çocuk ve Ergenlerin Tanıları ve Sosyodemografik Özellikleri

Hamza Ayaydın(harran üniversitesi tıp fakültesi)0000-0003-4909-0070
Pages
182–188
Publication Date
2020-08-20
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It is important for patients to be followed-up by child and adolescent psychiatry specialists in terms of being treated under emergency conditions without having to wait in line for treatment by being hospitalized in adult psychiatric units in places where there are no in-patient ünits for children and adolescents.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Background: The purpose of this study was to perform a retrospective file examination of the sociodemographic characteristics, symptoms leading to admission, length of stay in the inpatient unit, diagnoses, and psychotropic drugs used by children and adolescents who were treated in the psychiatric inpatient unit.
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Key Findings & Data:Materials and Methods: The records of patients aged under 18 (n=85) receiving treatment on an inpatient basis at the Harran University Medical Faculty Psychiatry Department inpatient unit between 1 August, 2016, and 1 September, 2018, were screened retrospectively.
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Conclusion & Impact:It is important for patients to be followed-up by child and adolescent psychiatry specialists in terms of being treated under emergency conditions without having to wait in line for treatment by being hospitalized in adult psychiatric units in places where there are no in-patient ünits for children and adolescents.
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⚙️Variables:Çocuk · Ergen · Yataklı tedavi

Abstract

Background: The purpose of this study was to perform a retrospective file examination of the sociodemographic characteristics, symptoms leading to admission, length of stay in the inpatient unit, diagnoses, and psychotropic drugs used by children and adolescents who were treated in the psychiatric inpatient unit. Materials and Methods: The records of patients aged under 18 (n=85) receiving treatment on an inpatient basis at the Harran University Medical Faculty Psychiatry Department inpatient unit between 1 August, 2016, and 1 September, 2018, were screened retrospectively. Case data were assessed using a data form produced by the author in terms of age, sex, parental ages, symptoms resulting in admission, diagnoses received, length of hospitalization, presence of multiple hospitalizations, and psychotropic drug use. Case diagnoses were based on clinical interviews using Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition (DSM-5) criteria. SPSS 23.0 software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, USA) was used for statistical analysis. Statistical significance was defined as p<0.05. Results: Fifty-six of the patients included in the study were female and 29 were male. Major depressive disorder was the most frequent diagnosis among the patients (n: 30, 35.3%). The mean duration of hospitalization was 20.6±19.6 days. Eighty-five (100%) of the 85 patients had used one psychotropic agent during treatment. Antipsychotics were the most preferred drug group in our study (87.6%). Conclusions: Mood disorders constituted the most common reason for hospitalization. Psychotropics were used by all patients during hospitalization. Schizophreniform disorder and substance-related disorders were significantly higher in boys, while rates of conduct disorder and borderline personality disorder were significantly higher in girls. Since child and adolescent in-patient units are not available in all provinces, in clinical practice treatment is administered on an inpatient basis in adult psychiatric units. It is important for patients to be followed-up by child and adolescent psychiatry specialists in terms of being treated under emergency conditions without having to wait in line for treatment by being hospitalized in adult psychiatric units in places where there are no in-patient ünits for children and adolescents.

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Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı psikiyatri kliniğinde yatarak tedavi gören çocuk ve ergenlerin sosyodemografik özellikleri, yatışa neden olan semptomlar, yataklı birimde kalış süresi, tanı ve kullanılan psikotrop ilaçlar geriye dönük dosya taraması ile incelenmesiydi. Materyal ve Metod: Harran üniversitesi tıp fakültesi psikiyatri anabilimdalı yataklı servisinde 1 Ağustos 2016 – 1 eylül 2018 tarihleri arasında yatarak tedavi gören on sekiz yaş altı hastaların (n:85) dosyaları geriye dönük olarak incelenmiştir. Olgulara ait veriler araştırmacı tarafından oluşturulan veri formu kullanılarak yaş, cinsiyet, ebeveyn yaşları, yatışa neden olan semptomlar, aldıkları tanılar, yatış süresi, çoklu yatışlarının olup olmadığı ve psikotrop kullanımı açısından değerlendirilmiştir. Olgulara ait tanılar ruhsal bozukluklar için tanımsal ve istatistiksel el kitabı 5. baskı (DSM-5) kriterlerine göre klinik görüşmeyle konulmuştur. İstatistiksel analiz için SPSS 23.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, USA) paket programı kullanıldı. İstatiksel anlamlılık düzeyi p<0.05 olarak belirlenmiştir. Bulgular: Çalışmaya alınan hastaların 56'sı kız, 29’ı erkek cinsiyetteydi. Hastaların en fazla aldığı yatış tanısı Major Depresif Bozukluk’du (n: 30, %35,3). Hastaların ortalama yatış süreleri 20.6±19.6 gündü. 85 hastanın içinden 85’ü (%100) tedavi sürecinde bir psikotrop ajan kullanmıştır. Çalışmamızda en çok tercih edilen ilaç grubunun antipsikotikler olduğu gözlenmiştir (%87,6). Sonuç: Yatışların en sık sebebini duygudurum bozuklukları oluşturmaktadır. Çalışmamızda yer alan hastaların tümünde servis yatışı sırasında psikotrop kullanılmıştır. Şizofreniform bozukluk ve madde ile ilişkili bozukluklar erkeklerde anlamlı düzeyde yüksekken, davranım bozukluğu ve sınırda kişilik bozukluğu kızlarda anlamlı düzeyde daha yüksek çıkmıştır. Çocuk ve ergenler için yataklı servislerin her ilde olmaması nedeniyle klinik pratikte erişkin psikiyatri servislerine yatırılarak tedavi uygulanmaktadır. Hastaların çocuk ve ergenler için yataklı servislerin olmadığı yerlerde erişkin psikiyatri servisine yatırılarak çocuk ve ergen psikiyatristi uzmanı tarafından takip edilmeleri, hastaların acil durumlarda tedavi edilmeleri ve tedavi için sıra beklememeleri açısından önem arz etmektedir.

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Ayaydın, H. (2020). The Diagnoses and Sociodemographic Characteristics of Children and Adolescents Treated in a University Hospital Psychiatry Inpatient Service. Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 17 Sayı: 2, 182–188. https://doi.org/10.35440/hutfd.688169

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