Fereshteh BAGHERİ, Arash MANI, Ashkan TADAYYONI, Farnosh FIROZI, Mohammad Ali NAZARINIA

The Prevalence of Psychiatric Symptoms in The Patients with Behcet's Disease in Shiraz, Southwest of Iran

Giriş: Behçet hastalığı (BH), ilk olarak 1937 yılında bir TürkDermatoloğu olan Hulusi Behçet tarafından oral, genital veoküler ülser üçlüsü ile tanımlanan karmaşık bir çoklu sistemsendromudur. Bu çalışmada BHden muzdarip hastalarda bazıpsikolojik belirtilerin varlığını araştırmayı amaçladık. Yöntem: Bu araştırma Haziran 2011-Ağustos 2011 tarihleri arasında İranın güneybatısında yer alan Shiraz ShahidMotahari Kliniğinde takip edilen hastalararın arasından rastgele seçilmiş 101 BH hastasından oluşan bir örneklem üzerindeyapılan kesitsel bir çalışma idi. Tüm hastalar Belirti TaramaListesi-90-Gözden Geçirilmiş (Symptom Checklist, SCL-90-R) veyaş ve cinsiyet gibi bazı demografik bilgilerin yer aldığı formlarıtamamladı. Tüm istatistiksel analizler SPSS istatistik programı(v 17.0) kullanılarak yapıldı. Bulgular: Sonuçlara göre hastaların %30.7si (GSI

İran ın güneybatısı, Shiraz daki Behçet hastalarında psikiyatrik belirti sıklığı

Introduction: Behçet s disease (BD), first explained in 1937by the Turkish dermatologist Hulusi Behçet, is a complicatedmultisystem syndrome described by a triad of oral, genital,and ocular ulcers. The present study aimed to investigateexistence of some psychological symptoms in the patientssuffering from BD.Method: The present research was a cross-sectional one, whichwas conducted on a sample of 101 randomly selected patientswith BD who had been followed up at Shahid Motahari Clinic,Shiraz, Southwest of Iran, from June 2011 to August 2011. Allof the patients completed the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised(SCL-90-R) and some demographic information, such as ageand gender. All statistical analyses were performed using theSPSS statistical software (v. 17.0). Results: According to the results, 30.7% of the patients werehealthy (GSI0.7). In psychiatric symptoms subscales,somatization (91.7%), anxiety (78%), and depression(77.78%) were the most prevalent symptoms. On the otherhand, phobia had the lowest prevalence (34.1%). Based on ourfindings, the females average anxiety score was significantlyhigher than that of the male subjects (p= 0.013). Conclusion: The prevalence of psychological symptoms wasremarkable in the patients with BD. Therefore, physiciansshould monitor their patients in order to detect the possiblepsychiatric disorders they might develop during their disease.

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