SOME EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BODY PERFORMANCE DISORDERS IN ADOLESCENTS AT CENTRAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

Khánh Huyền Nguyễn, Viết Chung Nguyễn, Anh Vinh Ngô

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Objective: Describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of somatoform disorders at the Department of Adolescent Health - National Children's Hospital. Research subjects and methods: descriptive study on 54 patients diagnosed with somatoform disorders at the Department of Adolescent Health - National Children's Hospital. Results: In our study, the proportion of women was higher than that of men with a female/male ratio of 3.5/1. Regarding age, the first adolescent group accounts for the highest proportion with 87.04%. The average age of the patient group was 11.72 ± 1.53 years. Patients with extroverted personality account for 31.48%, patients with introverted personality account for 68.52%. Psychological trauma due to family and social relationships both accounts for 38.7%, psychological trauma due to learning accounts for 22.6%. Among the clinical forms of the disease, persistent somatoform pain disorder accounts for the highest rate with 59.3%, followed by somatization disorder group with 25.9%. Symptoms of the digestive system were the highest with 68.52% of cases and no case had symptoms of the genitourinary system. Conclusion: Body dysmorphic disorder mainly occurs in women, often in introverted patients. Somatoform pain disorder is the most common clinical form. Psychological factors are important causes related to the disease.

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