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Somatic Comorbidities among Senior Schizophrenics: A Local Pilot Estimation
ISSN: 2582 - 6751
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Somatic Comorbidities among Senior Schizophrenics: A Local Pilot Estimation
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Publisher: Athenaeum Scientific Publishers
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IAA.ZONE/2582117346751
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Abstract
Abstract Introduction: Comorbidity between mental disorders and physical illnesses is the rule rather than the exception. Approaches to study the impact of comorbidity become challenging also due to lack of consensus about how to define and measure the concept of comorbidity. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical profile of medical comorbidity among a group of local chronic elderly schizophrenic patients to see their prevalence and physiognomies. Methods: While geriatric section of Razi psychiatric hospital had been selected as the field of investigation, all elderly schizophrenic patients, who have been hospitalized there for lifelong, had been selected as accessible sample and surveyed with respect to recorded checkups and comorbid medical diagnoses. Psychiatric diagnosis was in essence based on ‘Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders’, 5th edition (DSM-5) and medical diagnosis was principally base...
