Prevalence and associated risk factors of somatization disorder among Turkish university students at an education faculty

WOS: 000267350900008Objective: There are no studies in the literature investigating the epidemiology of somatization disorder at a large sample group of young adults. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the lifelong prevalence and possible associated risk factors of somatization disorder among students of Cukurova University Education Faculty. Methods: The study group included 804 students. We first applied a semi-constructed questionnaire of socio-demographic characteristics and General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) and then administered the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) part C for the psychiatric diagnosis. Logistic regression analysis was performed in order to evaluate the possible risk factors associated with somatization disorder. Results: Somatization disorder was diagnosed in 62 people (7.7%). Female sex, history of chronic illness, lower educational level of mother and verbal abuse in the family were found to be statistically significant risk factors related with somatization disorder. Conclusion: This study demonstrate a higher prevalence of somatization disorder among a group of university students compared to other prevalence studies of somatization disorder in the general population. Also according to our results there might be some important risk factors for young adults of our country associated with somatization disorder. (Anatolian Journal of Psychiatry 2009; 10: 131-136

A Controlled Study of Psychiatric Manifestations and Electroencephalography Findings in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients With Sagliker Syndrome

6th International Congress on Uremia Research and Toxicity -- MAY 18-19, 2009 -- Poiana Brasov, ROMANIAWOS: 000281212400012PubMed ID: 20797571Sagliker syndrome (SS) is a novel syndrome that was described in 2004 in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The aim of this study was to assess psychiatric evaluations and electroencephalography (EEG) findings of patients with CKD and SS to compare them with patients with CKD having characteristics similar to that of the study group, in terms of age and gender. The study group comprised 13 patients with CKD and SS. The control group included 13 patients with CKD. Psychiatric diseases were diagnosed using the Structure Clinical Interview. Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Social Comparison Scale, Hopelessness Scale, and Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) were administered to the groups. Moreover, EEG recording for all the patients was performed. According to the results obtained from the Structure Clinical Interview, 69.2% of patients with CKD and SS were diagnosed with a mental disease, as compared with only 3 (23.1%) patients with CKD. There was a significant difference between the study and the control group (P < .001). As compared with the control group, patients with CKD and SS had significantly higher scores on the Beck Depression Inventory, the Beck Anxiety Inventory, and the Hopelessness Scale. However, patients with CKD and SS had significantly lower scores on the Social Comparison Scale. The MMSE scores were not significantly different between the 2 groups. When the 2 groups were evaluated separately, no significant differences were found between the EEG abnormalities and psychiatric diagnosis of both the groups. However, an evaluation of EEG abnormalities in all cases with CKD suggested a statistically significant difference between them. In the EEG recordings, electrical seizures activity was not enrolled in any of the cases. In the present study, psychiatric morbidity for patients with CKD and SS was worse than for patients with only CKD. These results indicate a need to develop an effective psychologic strategy for dealing with psychiatric disorders among patients with CKD and SS. (C) 2010 by the National Kidney Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved

Quality of life and psychiatric disorders before and one year after liver transplantation

Aim: Liver transplantation (LT) is a challenging operation with a burden affecting patients, families, and donors. The aim of the study was to compare the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and symptoms, and the quality of life of patients waiting for LT, with patients one year after transplantation. Material and Method: The patients in the LT waiting list (n: 68), and the outpatients evaluated for routine controls twelve months after LT (n: 53) were included in the study. Thus, patients were evaluated cross-sectionally in two groups: the pretransplantation group (PrTG) and the post-transplantation group (PsTG). The patients were administered the Receiver Sociodemographic Data Form, Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36), Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-1), and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Results: There was no difference by means of the sociodemographic and clinical variables between the two groups. The PrTG showed significantly lower levels in all of the SF-36 scores except the mental health subscale when compared to the PsTG. Current psychiatric disorder was found in 29.4% of the PrTG while in 20.8% of the PsTG. There was no significant difference in the prevalences of psychiatric disorders between the groups. Discussion: Liver transplantation provides improvement in most of the domains of the quality of life of patients except the mental health domain. After LT, patients continue to be under risk of psychiatric disorders even later in the follow-up

Prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder in Turkish university students and assessment of associated factors

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Many students who begin university at risky periods for OCD development cannot meet the new challenges successfully. They often seek help and apply to the university health center for psychiatric distress. We aimed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) at students of the Cukurova University in this cross sectional study.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>This study was performed in the Cukurova University Faculty of Education with a population of 5500 students; the representative sample size for detecting the OCD prevalence was calculated to be 800. After collecting sociodemographic data, we questioned the students for associated factors of OCD. The General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) and Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI, Section K) were used for psychiatric evaluation. Logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate the linkage between OCD and associated factors.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>A total of 804 university students were included in this study. The GHQ-12-positive students (241 students, 29.9%) were interviewed using Section K of the CIDI (222 students, 27.6%). OCD was diagnosed in 33 (4.2%) students. The Logistic regression analysis of the data showed significant associations between OCD and male gender (p:0.036), living on government dormitory (p: 0.003), living on students' house/parental house (p:0.006), having private room in the parental house (p:0.055) and verbal abuse in the family (p:0.006).</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>This study demonstrates a higher prevalence of OCD among a group of university students compared to other prevalence studies of OCD in Turkish society. Furthermore, our findings also suggest relationships between OCD and sociodemographic factors, as well as other environmental stress factors.</p