| Title |
Physical symptoms in outpatients with psychiatric disorders consulting the general internal medicine division at a Japanese university hospital
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal of General Medicine, August 2015
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| DOI | 10.2147/ijgm.s82006 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Yukiko Ishikawa, Taro Takeshima, Junichi Mise, Shizukiyo Ishikawa, Masami Matsumura |
| Abstract |
General practitioners have an important role in diagnosing a variety of patients, including psychiatric patients with complicated symptoms. We evaluated the relationship between physical symptoms and psychiatric disorders in general internal medicine (GIM) outpatients in a Japanese university hospital. We coded the symptoms and diagnoses of outpatients from medical documents using the International Classification of Primary Care, second edition (ICPC-2). The participants were new outpatients who consulted the GIM outpatient division at Jichi Medical University Hospital in Tochigi, Japan from January-June, 2012. We reviewed all medical documents and noted symptoms and diagnoses. These were coded using ICPC-2. A total of 1,194 participants were evaluated, 148 (12.4%) of whom were diagnosed as having psychiatric disorders. The prevalence of depression, anxiety disorder, and somatization was 19.6% (number [n] =29), 14.9% (n=22), and 14.2% (n=21), respectively, among the participants with psychiatric disorders. The presence of several particular symptoms was associated with having a psychiatric disorder as compared with the absence of these symptoms after adjusting for sex, age, and the presence of multiple symptoms (odds ratio [OR] =4.98 [95% confidence interval {CI}: 1.66-14.89] for palpitation; OR =4.36 [95% CI: 2.05-9.39] for dyspnea; OR =3.46 [95% CI: 1.43-8.36] for tiredness; and OR =2.99 [95% CI: 1.75-5.13] for headache). Not only the psychiatric symptoms, but also some physical symptoms, were associated with psychiatric disorders in GIM outpatients at our university hospital. These results may be of help to general practitioners in appropriately approaching and managing patients with psychiatric disorders. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 15 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 20% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 13% |
| Lecturer | 1 | 7% |
| Other | 1 | 7% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 7% |
| Other | 4 | 27% |
| Unknown | 3 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 47% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 7% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 7% |
| Other | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 2 | 13% |
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