Características de las interconsultas a psiquiatría en el Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso. año 2016.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE To characterize interconsultations to psychiatry in the area of internal medicine of the Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso in the year 2016. METHODS The present research applied a quantitative and observational methodology, with a transversal criteria and a descriptive scope. The clinical records of 507 patients hospitalized in the area of internal medicine of the Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso in the year 2016 were collected, for whom the psychiatric consultation was requested. The data collection was done with a form, which is attached in annexes. Data analysis and processing were performed using the Excel and SPSS V15 computer packages obtained from the Medical Faculty Library. RESULTS In the present research project carried out in the area of internal medicine of the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital in 2016, it was observed that more psychiatric consultations were requested for female patients (50.9%) compared to the male patients (49.1% %). The age range of patients, for whom the psychiatric consultation service was requested more frequently, was between 37 and 56 years (32.9%). Regarding the marital status, of the 507 patients for whom the psychiatric consultation service was requested, 44.4% are single. The motive most used to send these requests is alteration of consciousness (20.5%). The most frequent organic diagnoses of the 507 medical records analyzed were chemical and drug intoxication (25.8%) and alcoholic liver disease (23.5%). The areas that most requested interconsultations to the area of psychiatry during the year 2016 at the Regional Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso were gastroenterology (33.1%) and neurology (29.0%), while the psychiatric diagnosis with which the interconsultation was most concluded during the period of study was substance abuse and dependence (27.8%).