Type | Journal Article - Journal of Psychiatrists' Association of Nepal |
Title | Pattern of Neuropsychiatric Illnesses in Geriatric Population: An Outpatient Study Report |
Author(s) | |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 1 |
Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2017 |
Page numbers | 12-19 |
URL | https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JPAN/article/viewFile/16737/13604 |
Abstract | Introduction: Few studies are available till date on the pattern of neuro-psychiatric illnesses in geriatric population in Nepal. Objective: The study was aimed to know the demographic and clinical profiles of geriatric outpatients in our neuropsychiatry OPD. Method: This study was conducted at the Department of Psychiatry, Universal College of Medical SciencesTeaching Hospital (UCMS-TH), Bhairahawa, Nepal. We screened through our ‘OPD case registrar’, which maintains few demographic and clinical data of all the new and old cases registered daily in the OPD. Sociodemographic and clinical data of all the patients in the age of 60 years and above were noted in a data sheet specially designed for the present study. This is a retrospective study by chart review. Descriptive analysis of these data were undertaken by using simple frequency distribution. |
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