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Background. This study examines the prevalence of physical morbidity in elderly psychiatric inpatients and the possible relationships between major psychiatric disorders (organic mental disorders, schizophrenic and mood disorders) and physical illnesses. The clinical implications of such relationships are discussed. Method. Data were obtained from two old age psychiatry wards over a six month period. Seventy-nine subjects were studied and information was obtained from their medical ®les. Demographic characteristics, psychiatric diagnosis, number of physical illnesses and number of body systems aected were collected. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to compare the psychiatric groups on continuous outcome data and w 2 test to compare psychiatric groups on categorical data. Results. Seventy-®ve per cent of subjects had at least one physical illness. The number of medical illnesses was independent from the psychiatric disorder. Subjects with mood disorders, and especially depression, were more likely to suer from hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular illnesses than subjects with schizophrenic or organic disorders. Subjects with organic disorders had the lowest prevalence of en

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Author

Dimitrios Adamis; Chris Ball

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0885-6230)

Published

2000

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)