OBJECTIVE: This study indexed the frequency of psychiatric disorders among hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients. METHOD: HCV-infected patients treated at a university hospital in the northeastern region of Brazil were evaluated in a cross-sectional study using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview. RESULTS: Ninety HCV-infected outpatients were included in the study and 44 (49%) had at least one psychiatric diagnosis. Among the 26 patients (59.1%) with a current psychiatric morbidity, 22 (84.6%) had gone undiagnosed. CONCLUSIONS: HCV-infected patients have a high frequency of unrecognized psychiatric comorbidity.
OBJECTIVE: This study indexed the frequency of psychiatric disorders among hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infectedpatients. METHOD:HCV-infectedpatients treated at a university hospital in the northeastern region of Brazil were evaluated in a cross-sectional study using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview. RESULTS: Ninety HCV-infected outpatients were included in the study and 44 (49%) had at least one psychiatric diagnosis. Among the 26 patients (59.1%) with a current psychiatric morbidity, 22 (84.6%) had gone undiagnosed. CONCLUSIONS:HCV-infectedpatients have a high frequency of unrecognized psychiatric comorbidity.
Authors: Glória O Orge; Thais R Dellavechia; José Abraão Carneiro-Neto; Lucas Araújo-de-Freitas; Carla H C Daltro; Carlos T Santos; Lucas C Quarantini Journal: PLoS One Date: 2015-05-27 Impact factor: 3.240
Authors: Mychelle Morais-de-Jesus; Renato Daltro-Oliveira; Karine Miranda Pettersen; Adriana Dantas-Duarte; Luciana Di-Domizio Amaral; Patrícia Cavalcanti-Ribeiro; Carlos Teles Santos; Maria Isabel Schinoni; Liana R Netto; Lucas Araújo-de-Freitas; Raymundo Paraná; Angela Miranda-Scippa; Karestan C Koenen; Lucas C Quarantini Journal: PLoS One Date: 2014-10-23 Impact factor: 3.240