患者对内分泌学家对心理健康查的兴趣
M Shajjad Hossain1, Joshua Fogel2, Damilola Ashorobi1
1From the Department of Medicine; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, New York.
Southern medical journal
|December 2, 2024
概括
患有内分泌系统疾病的患者希望从内分泌学家那里进行心理健康查. 许多患有抑郁或焦虑症状的患者希望他们的医生询问心理健康问题.
科学领域:
- 内分泌学 在内分泌学.
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 内分泌疾病经常与心理健康状况同时发生.
- 患者对内分泌学家在心理健康查中的作用的看法尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查患者对内分泌学家询问心理健康的信念.
- 评估患者对内分泌学家识别心理健康问题的能力的看法.
主要方法:
- 在500名患有内分泌系统疾病 (糖尿病,甲状腺,上腺,垂体,淋巴腺疾病) 的成年人中进行了横截面调查.
- 在公立医院内分泌诊所进行.
- 使用患者健康问卷-9和通用焦虑障碍-7尺度评估抑郁和焦虑症状.
主要成果:
- 超过50%的患者表示有兴趣与内分泌学家讨论心理健康,抑郁和焦虑.
- 患者普遍认为内分泌学家可以识别心理健康问题.
- 那些希望进行调查的人显著增加了抑郁和/或焦虑症状.
结论:
- 许多患有内分泌系统疾病的患者欢迎内分泌学家对他们的心理健康进行查.
- 建议将抑郁症和焦虑症查常规纳入内分泌学护理.
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