Survey of mental disorders comorbided with hypertension

REN Hui-peng; LI Na; WANG Xue-yi

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1009-6574.2017.09.006

Abstract：Objective To investigate the status and risk factors of comorbid hypertension in pa-tients with mental disorders. Methods Retrospective analysis of hospitalized patients with mental disorders in Department of Mental Health, the First Hospital of Hebei Medical University was conducted. Self-made scale was used to survey the status of comorbid hypertension in patients with mental disorders. Risk factors of comorbid hypertension in patients with mental disorders were analyzed. Results (1) In 2 770 patients, 1 234 (44.5%) were male, and 1 536 (55.5%) were female. Comorbid hypertension was found in 528 (19.1%) patients. (2) The rate of comorbid hypertension was 10.6% in schizophrenia group, 10.7% in bipolar disorder group, 24.7% in depression group, 29.0% in anxiety disorder group, 20.0% in stress disorder group, 41.8% in organic psychosis group and 19.8% in other diseases group. Significant difference was found among all groups (χ2=124.90,P<0.01). (3) Old age, long course of mental disorders and sufferring from organic psydosis were risk factors of comorbid hyperten-sion in patients with mental disorders. Conclusions The rate of comorbid hypertension in hospitalized patients with mental disorders in general hospital is 19.1%. The rate of comorbid hypertension is highest in patients with organic psychosis, while lowest in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.