Conference paper
DIFFERENTIAL GENDER SEVERITY EXPRESSION OF SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS WITH DUAL DIAGNOSIS: AN IN-PATIENT OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
Roberta Lanzi
; Department of Psychiatry, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Giulia Menculini
; Department of Psychiatry, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Massimo Claudio Bachetti
; Department of Psychiatry, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Patrizia Moretti
; Department of Psychiatry, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Alfonso Tortorella
; Department of Psychiatry, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Abstract
Background: The present retrospective study is aimed at exploring the impact of gender differences in a sample of inpatients
with dual diagnosis.
Subjects and methods: The study was carried out at the Psychiatric Service of the General Hospital/University of Perugia
(Italy). Patients were recruited from January 2015 until December 2018. The sample consists of patients with dual diagnosis, divided
into two subgroups based on gender; descriptive and bivariate statistics were performed (p<0.05). Male and females were compared
according to socio-demographic, clinical and psychopathological features, measured by Clinical Global Impressions (CGI) and
factor models of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS).
Results: In our sample (n=157), no significant differences in socio-demographic features were found between male (n=108,
68.8%) and female subjects (n=49, 31.2%). Women displayed a higher frequency of involuntary hospitalizations (53.1% vs 32.4%,
p=0.022) and a higher score on the general psychopathology scale of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)
(41.86±8.96 vs 36.54±10.38, p=0.041).
Conclusions: Our study confirms the prevalence of dual diagnosis in the male gender. Female sex appears more frequently
connected to some indices of clinical severity. We expect to enlarge our sample to confirm these results and further clarify the
knowledge on the subject.
Keywords
dual diagnosis; gender difference; psychiatric inpatients
Hrčak ID:
262493
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Publication date:
24.3.2020.
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