Prevalence of substance abuse, mental health and frailty among elderly hospitalized in Hazrat-e Rasoul Hospital

Prevalence of frailty and factors associated with frailty in the hospitalized elderly

Introduction: One of the expected consequences of society aging is an increase in the number of frail elderly. Frailty if persistent, It probably has consequences for the individual and social life of the elderly in society. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the prevalence and frailty-related factors were assessed in the elderly hospitalized. Methods: The present study is a cross-...

Prevalence of mental disorders caused by drug dependency and substance abuse in hospitalized patients of Farabi Hospital in Kermanshah City

This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of mental disorders caused drug dependency and substance abuse in hospitalized patients of Farabi Hospital in Kermanshah City. The study method was retrospective descriptive. The research population and statistical sample consisted all of patients with mental disorders and hospitalized drug abuse in Farabi Psychiatric Hospital in 2012 which 359 pat...

Paying for mental health and substance abuse

Fifty-four billion dollars was spent on alcohol/ drug abuse and mental health treatment in 1990. These expenditures were concentrated in the area of inpatient psychiatric care and on persons with severe mental health and substance abuse problems. The data on expenditure patterns for mental health and substance abuse care suggest that successful health care reform in this area must implement mec...

Family abuse with older adults hospitalized and related factors in Hazrat Rasool Akram Hospital in Tehran in 2018

Introduction: In recent years, elder abuse has been recognized as a growing social problem that needs to be addressed. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the family abuse with older adults hospitalized and related factors in Hazrat Rasool Akram Hospital in Tehran in 2018. Method: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample of this study included 250 elderly people wh...

Rife substance abuse feeding mental health disorders.

Quality of sleep for hospitalized patients in Rasoul-Akram hospital

BACKGROUND Sleep disturbances have negative effects on medical conditions, mental health and cognitive performance. It was shown that about 60% of inpatients suffer from sleep problems. The aim of this study was to assess the correlation between sleep quality and other factors in the inpatients of Rasoul-e-Akram hospital. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, all the hospitalized patients in...