알코올중독환자와 정신분열증환자의 임상적 배경이 폐결핵 조기발견에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

The Study about the Influence of Clinical Background to the Early Detection of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Alcoholism and Schizophrenia

Background：This study was designed to investigate the psychiatric background according to the radiologic extent of pulmonary tuberculosis. Methods：The 106 subject (alcoholism 40 cases and schizophrenia 66 cases) were patients who had admitted in Seoul National Mental Hospital from January, 1996 to December, 1999. Data was analysed by SAS package program. Results：1) The difference of general characteristics of alcoholism and schizophrenia showed in sex, age, marital status, occupation and family numbers. 2) The most frequent onset age in schizophrenia was 2nd decade. Schizophrenic patients were cared in mental hospital mainly but more than half of alcoholic patients were cared at home care and The most of alcoholic patients were diagnosed at admission in psychiatric facillity but 33.3% of the schizophrenic patient were found during hospitalization at psychiatric facillity. 3) The study about general characteristics of psychiatric patient and radiologic extent of pulmonary tuberculosis was proved that alcoholic patients of longer duration of illness had more faradvanced pulmonary tuberculosis and schizophrenic patients in asylum had higher rate in far advanced pulmonary tuberculosis