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Disability and functional burden of disease because of mental in comparison to somatic disorders in general practice patients.

AbstractBACKGROUND:
Severity of illness is not only depending on the symptom load, but also on the burden in life. Mental disorders are among those illnesses, which in particular cause suffering to the individual and society.
METHOD:
To study burden of disease for mental in comparison to somatic disorders, 2099 patients from 40 general practitioners filled in (a) the Burvill scale which measures acute and chronic illnesses in ten different body systems and (b) the IMET scale which measures impairment in ten different areas of life.
RESULTS:
Patients were suffering on average from acute and/or chronic illness in 3.5 (SD: 2.0) body systems and 56.6% of patients complained about acute and/or chronic mental disorders. The most significant negative impact on the IMET total score have acute and chronic mental disorders, followed by chronic neurological and musculoskeletal and acute respiratory and gastrointestinal disorders, while cardiovascular, metabolic, urogenital, haematological and ear/eye disorders have no greater impact. Acute as well as chronic mental disorders cause impairment across all areas of life and most burden of disease (functional burden of disease 1.69), followed by musculoskeletal disorders (1.62).
CONCLUSION:
Mental disorders are among the most frequent health problems with high negative impact across all areas of life. When combining frequency and impairment mental disorders cause most burden of disease in comparison to other illnesses. This should be reflected in the organization of medical care including family medicine.
AuthorsM Linden, U Linden, U Schwantes
JournalEuropean psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists (Eur Psychiatry) Vol. 30 Issue 6 Pg. 789-92 (Sep 2015) ISSN: 1778-3585 [Electronic] England
PMID26021271 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
CopyrightCopyright © 2015 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Topics
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Acute Disease (classification, epidemiology, psychology)
  • Adult
  • Chronic Disease (classification, epidemiology, psychology)
  • Cost of Illness
  • Disability Evaluation
  • Female
  • General Practice (methods, statistics & numerical data)
  • Germany (epidemiology)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mental Disorders (epidemiology, rehabilitation)
  • Middle Aged
  • Severity of Illness Index

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