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metadata.dc.type: | Artigo de Periódico |
Title: | High frequency of unrecognized mental disorders in HCV-infected patients |
Other Titles: | General Hospital Psychiatry |
Authors: | Neves, Susana Carolina Batista Quarantini, Lucas de Castro Almeida, Amanda Cristina Galvão Oliveira de Bressan, Rodrigo Affonseca Lacerda, Acioly Luiz Oliveira, Irismar R. de Paraná, Raymundo Scippa, Ângela Marisa de Aquino Miranda |
metadata.dc.creator: | Neves, Susana Carolina Batista Quarantini, Lucas de Castro Almeida, Amanda Cristina Galvão Oliveira de Bressan, Rodrigo Affonseca Lacerda, Acioly Luiz Oliveira, Irismar R. de Paraná, Raymundo Scippa, Ângela Marisa de Aquino Miranda |
Abstract: | Objective: This study indexed the frequency of psychiatric disorders among hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients.Method:HCV-infected patients treated at a university hospital in the northeastern region of Brazil were evaluated in a cross-sectional study using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview. Results: Ninety HCV-infected outpatients were included in the study and 44 (49%) had at least one psychiatric diagnosis. Among the 26 patients (59.1%) with a current psychiatric morbidity, 22 (84.6%) had gone undiagnosed.Conclusions: HCV-infected patients have a high frequency of unrecognized psychiatric comorbidity. |
Keywords: | Hepatitis C Psychiatric disorders Mental disorders Comorbidity Underdiagnosis |
URI: | http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/6464 |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
Appears in Collections: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico (Faculdade de Medicina) |
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