Psychiatry disorders and dengue: Is there a relationship?

• Autor(a) principal: Caixeta,Leonardo
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Azevedo,Paulo Verlaine Borges, Caixeta,Marcelo, Reimer,Cláudio Henrique Ribeiro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000700014
• topic: dengue; psychiatry; compulsive hoarding; public heath

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship of compulsive hoarding with dengue. METHOD: Fifty two adults notified by health vigilance authorities because of inappropriate trash accumulation in vacant lots in Goiânia, Central Brazil, completed a questionnaire regarding the presence and severity of hoarding behavior (Hoarding Rating Scale-Interview HRS-I). Five dimensions of hoarding are evaluated with this instrument: difficulty using spaces due to clutter, difficulty discarding possessions, excessive acquisition of objects, emotional distress and functional impairment due to hoarding behaviors. RESULTS: The sample was primarily male, with an average age of 49 years. Eighty six percent of the sample scored 14 or greater on the HRS-I, indicating pathological hoarding. The medias of the five HRS-I domains were high, indicating severeness of all dimentions of pathological hoarding. CONCLUSION: These results highlight the relationship between psychiatric disorder and actions upon environmental conditions that favors dengue, as well as its associated public health burden.