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COMORBIDITY AND MULTIMORBIDITY IN PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND BIPOLAR DISORDER: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCIES

Ivan Oreški ; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia
Miro Jakovljević ; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia
Branka Aukst-Margetić ; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia
Željka Crnčević Orlić ; University Department for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Disorder, Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia
Bjanka Vuksan-Ćusa ; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia

Sažetak

Background: There is a need for better understanding and research of the comorbidity structure in schizophrenia and bipolar
disorder.
Objective: To assess the prevalence of somatic and psychiatric comorbidity in schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder
treated at the University Hospital Centre Zagreb.
Method: This retrospective study compares the prevalence of comorbid diagnosis of somatic and psychiatric disorders in 192
patients with schizophrenia and 97 patients with bipolar disorder. The diagnoses were established according to ICD-10 criteria. The
data were collected from hospital medical documentation.
Results: Patients with bipolar disorder had more both somatic (67.1% vs. 50.6%) and psychiatric (29.9% vs. 10.9%)
comorbidity than patients with schizophrenia. The three most prevalent somatic comorbidites in patients with bipolar disorders were
cardiovascular (22.6%), endocrinological (22.6%), and gastrointestinal (16.4%) disorders while neurological (11.4%),
gastrointestinal (10.9%) and endocrinological (9.3%) disorders were the most frequent in patients with schizophrenia.
Conclusion: The exact prevalence and nature of the somatic and psychiatric comorbidity in patients with schizophrenia and
bipolar disorder is still unclear and further research is needed.

Ključne riječi

schizophrenia; bipolar disorder; comparative comorbidity

Hrčak ID:

106207

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/106207

Datum izdavanja:

25.3.2012.

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