Clinical and demographic profile of cancer patients in a consultation-liaison psychiatric service
São Paulo med. j
; 121(3): 111-116, May 5, 2003. tab
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ABSTRACT CONTEXT An almost 50 percent prevalence of psychiatric disorders among cancer patients has prompted a series of studies on consultation-liaison psychiatry. Nonetheless, there are few reports on the epidemiological factors involving comorbidity between cancer and psychiatric disorders. OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the epidemiological profile of cancer inpatients referred to the consultation-liaison psychiatric service in an oncology hospital during its first year of activity. TYPE OF STUDY Descriptive study.SETTING:
Tertiary-care teaching hospital.PARTICIPANTS:
319 patients referred 412 times to the consultation-liaison psychiatry service. PROCEDURES From August 97 to July 98, an appraisal was made of data on all admissions registered at the Hospital do Câncer, and also all referrals registered at the consultation-liaison psychiatry service. MAIN MEASUREMENTS The demographics and patients' clinical data, the type and flow of the request, and the evaluation conducted by the service were analyzed and comparisons with the hospital data were made. The distribution of the number of referrals was used to construct a profile of patients who had repeatedly used the service.RESULTS:
Psychiatric diagnoses were found in 59 percent of the cases. Forty-three percent of these required medication, 18.3 percent needed psychotherapy, 22.1 percent family intervention and 20.5 percent guidance from the staff. Over 22.8 percent of the consultations were reevaluations, mainly involving younger male patients with worst prognoses. These patients required lengthier and more elaborate intervention, and had higher prevalence of depressive and behavioral disorders.CONCLUSION:
A younger and mainly male population of non-surgical oncological cases was referred to the consultation-liaison psychiatric service during its first year of activity. The psychiatric disorder prevalence was higher than expected, and consisted predominantly of mood disorders. We detected a priority group, namely the reevaluated patients, who deserved special attention throughout the psychiatricinterventions:
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Assunto principal:
Unidade Hospitalar de Psiquiatria
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Encaminhamento e Consulta
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Transtornos Mentais
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
São Paulo med. j
Assunto da revista:
Cirurgia Geral
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Cincia
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Ginecologia
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MEDICINA
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Medicina Interna
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Obstetr¡cia
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Pediatria
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Sa£de Mental
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Sa£de P£blica
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article
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