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Modelo de delirio en pacientes hospitalizados de un hospital rural de atención terciaria: un estudio de observación
Kshirod K Mishra1, Shobhit Mathur1
1Department of Psychiatry, MGIMS, Sevagram, Maharashtra, India.
Industrial psychiatry journal
|August 27, 2025
Resumen
El delirio en la India rural a menudo está relacionado con la abstinencia de sustancias, la anemia y los problemas renales. El delirio hiperactivo es el más común, pero el delirio hipoactivo está asociado con afecciones graves como la sepsis.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Investigaciones médicas
- Psiquiatría clínica
- Salud rural
Sus antecedentes:
- El delirio es un trastorno cognitivo agudo a menudo poco reconocido en entornos rurales.
- Los recursos limitados y la conciencia exacerban los desafíos de la gestión del delirio.
- La presentación variada y las causas complejas complican la atención clínica.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar los factores y tipos de delirio en pacientes hospitalizados en zonas rurales de la India.
- Correlación entre el delirio y los perfiles sociodemográficos.
- Evaluar el delirio en un hospital rural de atención terciaria.
Principales métodos:
- Estudio transversal de observación en 120 pacientes con delirio.
- Se utilizó la lista de verificación de etiología del delirio (DEC) y la escala de sedación por agitación de Richmond (RASS).
- Se analizaron datos demográficos, etiológicos y de subtipos utilizando SPSS v27.0.
Principales resultados:
- Edad media 48,2 años; 84,2% hombres.
- Factores clave: abstinencia de sustancias (16,96%), anemia (12,5%), trastorno renal (11,6%).
- Delirio hiperactivo (88,3%) frente a hipoactivo (11,7%); asociaciones encontradas entre condiciones específicas y subtipos de delirio.
Conclusiones:
- Destaca la necesidad de una gestión sistemática del delirio en entornos con recursos limitados.
- Se hace hincapié en identificar y abordar los factores asociados subyacentes.
- Es crucial para prevenir resultados adversos en la asistencia sanitaria rural.
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