ĐẶC ĐIỂM GIẢM CHÚ Ý Ở NGƯỜI BỆNH VỊ THÀNH NIÊN ĐIỀU TRỊ NGOẠI TRÚ TẠI VIỆN SỨC KHỎE TÂM THẦN - BỆNH VIỆN BẠCH MAI

Abstract

Background: Attention is influenced by many factors inside and outside the body, including certain mental disorders. There are disorders that are the cause of the attention deficit, there are the disorders where the attention deficit is the consequence, or symptom of the disease. Attention impairment greatly affects the quality of life, work, study and social relationships through its roles. Research objective: To describe clinical characteristics of attention deficit in adolescent outpatients at the Institute of Mental Health- Bach Mai Hospital. Subjects and methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional study of 271 adolescent  outpatients at the Mental Health Institute - Bach Mai Hospital from October 2022 to July 2023. Results and discussion: Male and female adolescent patients with mental disorders were similar (49.1% and 50.9%), most of them in the age group of 14-16 years old, living mainly in rural areas. (50.9%), most patients have stress in life (55.7%). Most patients had attention deficit (50.2%) for most of the day (64.0%). In which all the characteristics of attention are affected, include focused, distributed, and moving of attetion. Conclusion: Attention deficit is a common clinical feature in adolescents with mental disorders and most of the attributes are affected causing difficulties in living, studying and working objects.