Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in patients with chronic mental disorders: The relevance of dual disorders

SchizophreniaAbstractObjective: The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is higher in people with psychi-atric disorders compared to the general population. In addition, patients with severe mentalillness are frequently affected by substance abuse, which increases the risk of blood-borne...

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Autores: Roncero, Carlos, Buch-Vicente, Bárbara, Martín-Sánchez, Ángel Manuel, Álvarez-Navares, Ana Isabel, Andrés-Olivera, Pilar, Gamonal-Limcaoco, Sinta, Lozano-López, María Teresa, Aguilar, Lourdes, Sánchez-Casado, Felisa, García Ullán, María Llanyra
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/155629
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/155629
Access Level:acceso embargado
Palabra clave:Hepatitis c
Trastornos mentales
Diagnóstico dual
Trastornos duales
Esquizofrenia
Mental disorders
Dual Diagnosis
Dual Disorders
Schizophrenia
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Sumario:SchizophreniaAbstractObjective: The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is higher in people with psychi-atric disorders compared to the general population. In addition, patients with severe mentalillness are frequently affected by substance abuse, which increases the risk of blood-borne viralinfections. Epidemiological studies in samples of hospitalised individuals with chronic mentaldisorders and dual diagnosis (DD) are lacking. The objective of this study was to investigate theprevalence of HCV infection in a sample of in-patients with severe mental illness.Patients and methods: This was a retrospective observational study. All patients meeting selec-tion criteria admitted to the Medium-Term Psychiatric Unit of the University of SalamancaHealth Care Complex between 2007 and 2018 were included. The primary endpoint was theprevalence of HCV infection. The secondary endpoint comprised the characteristics influencingthe occurrence of HCV infection in these patients.

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