Psychiatric Morbidity Among The Patients Of The Intensive Care Unit

Rameshwar S Manhas; Angli Manhas; Gaurav S Manhas; Jagdish R Thappa; Rishabh Sharma; Rukhsana Akhter

Volume : IX, Issue : VI, June - 2019

Psychiatric Morbidity Among The Patients Of The Intensive Care Unit

Rameshwar S Manhas, Angli Manhas, Gaurav S Manhas, Jagdish R Thappa, Rishabh Sharma, Rukhsana Akhter

Abstract :

Background: Psychiatric morbidity complicates medical treatment in ICU settings resulting in poorer outcome, increases the consumption of medical resources and compounds the disability and suffering in medical patients. Aims: To find psychiatric morbidity among the patients of the intensive care unit (ICU). Materials & Methods: The present observational, cross–sectional study was conducted among the patients admitted in various ICU’s of Government Medical College, Jammu and its associated hospital over a period of 6 months. All those patients of ICU seeking psychiatric consultation were included in the study, after which a total of 162 patients were selected. All the patients were diagnosed according to ICD 10. Results: In the present study, 71.6% patients were from MICU, 22.2% were from SICU and 6.2% were from ICCU. About 66% patients had hypertension, 51.5% patients have diabetes, 37.1% patients were smokers and 26.5% patients were alcoholics. As per psychiatric morbidity, 52.5% patients were suffering from delirium, 25.3% from depression, 14.8% from anxiety disorders, 3.1% from psychotic illnesses and 4.3% were from other psychiatric disorders. Conclusion: From the present study, it has been concluded that the psychiatric morbidity is common among the patients admitted to the intensive care unit. Hence there is urgent need for creating awareness of psychiatric comorbidity so that simultaneous treatment of both conditions may help to reduce cost of investigations, treatment and possibly prevent complications.