Association between schizophrenia and syphilis: a retrospective study in Xiamen, China

Autor:	Jia-Jiang Xie, Qiao Zhang
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Adult Male China medicine.medical_specialty lcsh:RC435-571 Sexual Behavior Biochemical values Syphilis infection Irritability 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Seroepidemiologic Studies Internal medicine lcsh:Psychiatry Prevalence Humans Medicine Seroprevalence Treponema pallidum 030212 general & internal medicine Syphilis Sex Distribution Retrospective Studies Treponema biology business.industry Social function Retrospective cohort study Middle Aged medicine.disease biology.organism_classification 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Socioeconomic Factors Schizophrenia Female medicine.symptom business Research Article
Zdroj:	BMC Psychiatry, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2018) BMC Psychiatry
DOI:	10.1186/s12888-018-1869-6
Popis:	Background Previous studies have shown that patients with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia have a higher risk for syphilis infection. However, the clinical characteristics of psychotic patients who are infected with syphilis remain unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of syphilis in psychotic patients in Xiamen and to compare the social function and serum biochemical markers between schizophrenia patients with and without syphilis. Methods There were a total of 1586 psychotic patients screened for syphilis from May 2016 to August 2017 in Xiamen Mental Health Center. We retrospectively studied 87 schizophrenia patients in this study. The NOSIE-30 score and serum biochemical markers were analyzed for all schizophrenia patients. Results The seroprevalence of syphilis was 3.3% (52/1586) in our study. Schizophrenia patients infected with syphilis (SCZ-S) showed a higher irritability score compared with patients without syphilis (SCZ-C) (p
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