Psychiatric morbidity in an intensive care unit in Saudi Arabia
Other Title(s)
الأمراض النفسية في وحدة العناية المركزة في المملكة العربية السعودية
Morbidité psychiatrique dans une unité de soins intensifs en Arabie saoudite
Author
Source
The Arab Journal of Psychiatry
Issue
Vol. 2, Issue 1 (31 May. 1991), pp.64-75, 12 p.
Publisher
The Arab Federation of Psychiatrists
Publication Date
1991-05-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The reported prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in an Intensive Care Unit in Saudi Arabia was found to be 18%.
The commonest reactions were anxiety.
Somatoform and Depressive disorders.
Demographic characteristics, history of medical and psychiatric disorders were evaluated as predictors of psychological hazards.
Data revealed that patients with psychiatric symptoms stayed for a significantly longer time in the I.C.U.
they were exposed to more frequent procedures, they obtained higher scores in Neuroticism, depressive traits and they expressed higher intensity of manifest anxiety and depression than did the controls.
The results of the study suggest that the patient’s vulnerability, personality traits and psychological make up are important determinants of psychiatric morbidity than the ICU environment per se.
Abstract FRE
La prevalence rapportee de la morbidity psychiatrique dans une unite de soins intensifs en Arable Saoudite est de 18%.
Les reactions les plus frequentes etaient; anxiete et troubles somatoformes et depresses.
Les characters demographiques.
passe des troubles medicaux etpsycNat- riques sont evalues comme predicteur de risques psychologiques.
Les statistiques ont reveie que les malades ayant une symptomatologie psychiatrique sejournaient un temps plus long dans les USI.
Us etaient frequemment exposes aux examens, obtenus un score plus eieve de neuroticisme, et traits depresses, ont montre une intensite eievee d'anexiete apparente et depression que le groupe temoin.
Les resultats de cet etude suggerent que la vulnerabilite, les traits de personalite et le parfaire psychologique des malades sont des determin- ants plus importants de la morbidite psychiatrique que I'environnement de L’U.S.I.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Raghib, K. M.. 1991. Psychiatric morbidity in an intensive care unit in Saudi Arabia. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry،Vol. 2, no. 1, pp.64-75.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Raghib, K. M.. Psychiatric morbidity in an intensive care unit in Saudi Arabia. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 2, no. 1 (May 1991), pp.64-75.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Raghib, K. M.. Psychiatric morbidity in an intensive care unit in Saudi Arabia. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry. 1991. Vol. 2, no. 1, pp.64-75.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references: p. 73-75
Record ID
BIM-232727
