Tan C H, Tay L K
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 1991 Mar;25(1):119-22. doi: 10.3109/00048679109077725.
The prevalence of tardive dyskinesia (TD) in 514 psychiatric patients who were 60 years and above in Singapore was found to be 27.6%. This is low compared with other studies done on elderly psychiatric patients in the West. Among the different ethnic groups, the Eurasians have the highest prevalence of 53.8% compared to the Chinese, Malays or Indians. Inpatients have a higher prevalence (31.5%) than outpatients (10.5%). Higher prevalence was also found in women, who were 2.2 times more common than men. 50% of the mentally retarded patients were found to have TD.
在新加坡514名60岁及以上的精神科患者中，迟发性运动障碍（TD）的患病率为27.6%。与西方针对老年精神科患者所做的其他研究相比，这一比例较低。在不同种族群体中，欧亚混血人群的患病率最高，为53.8%，相比之下，华人、马来人或印度人的患病率较低。住院患者的患病率（31.5%）高于门诊患者（10.5%）。女性的患病率也更高，女性患者比男性患者常见2.2倍。发现50%的智障患者患有迟发性运动障碍。
