TO FIND OUT THE PREVALENCE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PSYCHIATRIC DISEASES IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF A METROPOLIS PRESENTING OVER LAST 3 YEARS IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY

Dr. Muhammad Sami Bilal*, Dr. Tanveer Mujahid, Habiba Arif, Dr. Beenish Sami and Dr. Urooj Bari

ABSTRACT

To find out the prevalence of different types of major psychiatric diseases in a tertiary care hospital of a metropolis of a developing third world country over a period of 3 years through this retrospective, observational study. The study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital of a metropolis over a period of 3 years. The duration of study will be approximately 03 months (Jan 2019 to Sept. 2021). All the clients presenting at a tertiary care mental health facility diagnosed with psychiatric disorders in last 3 years in a metropolis using WHO ICD-10 criteria. Sampling was done from data available from Hospital Management System (HMS) of a tertiary care hospital of a metropolis over a period of 3 years. Sample Collection was undertaken with inclusion Criteria of all the male clients presenting at a mental health facility diagnosed with a mental disease or disorder during the period under consideration. Exclusion Criteria was for all medically diagnosed patients suffering from any co morbid medical condition. After approval of synopsis from ethical committee of the hospital, access to the data available in hospital management system (HMS) was conducted. Data regarding age, sex, socioeconomic status and period of diagnosis was collected from HMS, which was entered in a specially designed Performa to compile all the data collected. Data collected of 691 patients (indoor and outdoor) at a tertiary care Mental Hospital with relevant diagnosis of some psychiatric disorder using the ICD -10 codes of Hospital Management System (HMS). After collection of required data, analysis of the frequencies and percentage of different variables by using a valid software SPSS version 16.0 showing higher prevalence of Depressive Disorder and Anxiety disorder. Moderate to low rates of Adjustment disorders, Mood disorder and Bipolar affective disorders and negligible rates of prevalence of behavioural disorders. Results showed the total data of 691 male individuals was collected and diagnosed with different psychiatric disorders over a period of last three years. Out of all six selected diseases 369 cases of depression, 190 cases of anxiety, 74 cases of adjustment disorder, 79 cases of mood disorder, 12 cases of bipolar disorder and only 01 case of behavioural disorder was reported in last three-year time period in a tertiary care mental health facility of a metropolis of a third world country.

Keywords: Prevalence, Anxiety, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Adjustment Disorder, Behavioural disorder, Mood disorder, Metropolis, ICD-10, Third world country.