This is a Canadian study from 2017. [1] The objective of this study was to quantify the impact of mental disorders on the adult asthma population and compare the risk of mental health service claims (MHSCs) in the 1 year before and 1 year after asthma diagnosis. Ontario residents aged 25 to 65 years with…
This is a study of 190 patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). [1] The authors investigated the effect that medical comorbidity (chronic physical illness – CPI) had on psychiatric admissions. More than two CPIs in patients diagnosed with recurrent MDD were associated with higher rates of psychiatric admission, independent of psychiatric comorbidities and other clinical…
This is study from England which was published in 2016. [1] The authors investigated the impact of psychiatric comorbidities on length of stay (LoS) amongst 31,760 heart failurre patients admitted to hospitals in North England between 1st January 2000 and 31st March 2013. Mean LoS in the absence of psychiatric comorbidities was 11.2 days. The…
This study looked at all patients admitted to a district hospital in England during one week. The prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity was 11.8% in 2,444 inpatients. These patients had higher inpatient mortality (8.7 vs 3.3%; p < 0.001), 30-day readmission rates (24.7 vs 9.7%; p < 0.001), length of stay (mean 16.7 vs 5 days;…
This is a report by the King’s Fund Centre for Mental Health from 2012.[1] Many people with long-term physical health conditions also have mental health problems. These lead to significantly poorer health outcomes and reduced quality of life. Costs to the health care system are significant – by interacting with and exacerbating physical illness, co-morbid…
