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2868 – Comorbid Psychiatric Disorder and Physical Disorder in the Elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

R. Ennaoui
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Razi Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
R. Jomli
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Razi Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
Y. Zgueb
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Razi Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
F. Nacef
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Razi Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia

Abstract

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Introduction:

With aging, the risk of many diseases increases. The prevalence of somatic diseases in psychiatric patients is high. This comorbidity is more common that the subject is old.

Objectives:

The aim of our study was to determine the different somatic pathologies associated with various psychiatric disorders in the elderly.

Patients and methods:

This is a retrospective study conducted in the outpatient hospital razi, involving 90 patients aged consultant during 2011. The data were collected from patient records.

Results:

Ninety patients were found during the study period. The average age of patients was 77.5 years. The sex ratio (M / F) was 1.04. The majority of consultants had an iron status of married (51.1%) and widowed (41.1%). 63% of patients were retired and 49% of cases were low socioeconomic level. Personal psychiatric histories were found in 12% of patients consultants. 51 patients (56.6%) had somatic pathology associated with psychiatric disorders.

Conclusions:

Elderly patients' organic disease is unknown in most cases and is a causal or aggravating the mental disorder.

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