RESULTS OF CARE AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH – BACH MAI HOSPITAL IN 2020 – 2021

Lê Thị Hương1,2,, Trần Thị Hà An2, Bùi Nguyễn Hồng Bảo Ngọc2, Hoàng Thị Nga2, Nguyễn Thị Nghĩa2, Nguyễn Thị Tình2
1 Đại học Thăng Long
2 National Mental Health Institute, Bach Mai Hospital

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Background: Schizophrenia is a severe psychotic illness with etiology is unclear. Clinical manifestations of the disease are diverse with several symptom domains. It is a chronic disease. Patients with schizophrenia gradually deteriorates, lose their ability to work and live, and become a burden to their family and society. Research objective: To describe clinical characteristics of schizophrenic inpatients who were treated in the National Institute of Mental Health - Bach Mai Hospital. Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study of 153 inpatients with schizophrenia diagnosed according to ICD-10 criteria at the National Institute of Mental Health - Bach Mai Hospital from January 2021 to October 2021. Results: Schizophrenia was found in men and women at the same rate, the average age of the study group was 32.71±10.82. The most common type of disease was paranoid schizophrenia (90.1%), the disease duration from 5 to 10 years accounts for the highest rate (29.4%), most of the patients partially adhere to the treatment (56.2). %). The patients had multifaceted disorders in mental activity, of which 66.7% had hallucinations, 80.4% of patients had delusions, 69.9% of patients had anxiety and stress. Up to 68% of patients poor appetite and 54.9% of patients sleep less than 2 hours/night. Results of partial remission treatment accounted for the highest rate with 66%. Conclusion: Schizophrenia is equally common in men and women, the most common form of the disease is paranoid schizophrenia with a disease duration of 5-10 years, most of the patients partially adhere to treatment. Patients with multi-faceted disorders in mental activities in which delusions and hallucinations account for a very high rate. The outcome of care and treatment is usually partial remission.

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