Keskin Ahmet, Ünlüoğlu İlhami, Bilge Uğur, Yenilmez Çınar
Çankaya Family Health Center, Ankara, Turkey.
Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey.
Noro Psikiyatr Ars. 2013 Dec;50(4):344-351. doi: 10.4274/npa.y6522. Epub 2013 Dec 1.
The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalance of psychiatric disorders and psychiatric help-seeking behaviours in central Eskisehir according to sociodemographic variables.
In this study, for the purpose of revealing the psychiatric disorder profile of Eskisehir city and evaluating the prevalance of psychiatric disorders according to gender differences and psychiatric help-seeking behaviours; The Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD) scale and psychiatric help questionnaire were administered to 1475 subjects who were randomly selected from 24 primary health care centers in Eskisehir.
The prevalence of psychiatric disorders was as follows: at least one mood disorder 37%, anxiety disorders 29%, somatoform disorders - 8.6% and, possible alcohol abuse 7.7%. All diagnoses except possible alcohol abuse were found to be more frequent in women than men. Also It was found that in subjects who were thougth to have a psychiatric disorder, 64% of mood disorder patients, 67% of anxiety disorder patients, 70% of somatoform disorder patients and, 61% of possible alcohol abuse patients can receive appropriate treatment.
Since psychiatric disorders are common, it is important to direct such patients to appropriate treatment. Therefore, new studies are necessary to find out the prevalance of psychiatric disorders and risky groups as well as to identify the reasons that why such people do not seek for help in different regions of our country.
本研究旨在根据社会人口统计学变量调查埃斯基谢希尔市中心精神障碍的患病率及寻求精神科帮助的行为。
在本研究中，为了揭示埃斯基谢希尔市的精神障碍概况，并根据性别差异和寻求精神科帮助的行为评估精神障碍的患病率；对从埃斯基谢希尔市24个初级卫生保健中心随机选取的1475名受试者进行了精神障碍初级保健评估（PRIME-MD）量表和精神科求助问卷的调查。
精神障碍的患病率如下：至少一种情绪障碍为37%，焦虑症为29%，躯体形式障碍为8.6%，可能的酒精滥用为7.7%。除可能的酒精滥用外，所有诊断在女性中均比男性更为常见。此外还发现，在被认为患有精神障碍的受试者中，64%的情绪障碍患者、67%的焦虑症患者、70%的躯体形式障碍患者以及61%的可能酒精滥用患者能够接受适当治疗。
由于精神障碍很常见，引导此类患者接受适当治疗非常重要。因此，有必要开展新的研究，以查明精神障碍的患病率和危险群体，以及确定我国不同地区此类人群不寻求帮助的原因。
