Medicinski vjesnik, Vol. 21 No. (3), 1989.
Professional paper
Frequency and characteristic of the patients with psychiatric diagnosis in the surgery of the firm "Mara" - stylish weaving in Osijek
Vesna Milas
Josip Milas
Nikola Mandić
Abstract
In order to get insight into the mental health of the people employed in the firm »Mara« — Stylish Weaving in Osijek, a research was carried out, investigating the frequency and characteristics of psychological disorders among the employed. Out of 561 employees, 104 have psychological disturbances and a certain diagnosis. There are 4 % of new patients registered per year. The most frequent diagnosis is neurasthenia, appearing in 18 cases within 5 years. Psychological disorders were registered in 8 % of the qualified and 4.4 % of the unqualified workers per year. Nine percent of the patients were aged 40 — 49 years and 6.5 % 50 — 59 years. There were no psychiatric patients younger than 19. On the average, workers spent 400 days a year on sick-leave due to psychiatric diagnosis (one day a year in the age group 40 — 49 and two days in the group 50 — 59 years). Due to psychological disorders, qualified workers and the employees with intermediate specialist training spent 1471 days within 5 years on sick-leave. The rate for the unqualified
workers is 540 days.
Keywords
community psychiatry; general practitioner; neuroses; psychoses
Hrčak ID:
196919
URI
Publication date:
1.12.1989.
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