Abstract

Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014:

Purpose: The aim of this study was to demonstrate colorectal cancer prevalence in Taiwanese psychiatric patients to provide the reference for psychiatric professionals to improve the physical care for these patients.

Methods: A "Quantitative immunoassay fecal occult blood test" and a questionnaire of habitual diet and daily health behavior were used to screen colorectal cancer and related health behaviors to determine the prevalence an its correlations with habitual diet and health behavior in psychiatric patients. Samples of this study were recruited from a psychiatric hospital in southern Taiwan.

Results: 2088 psychiatric patients (1011, 48.4% male and 1077, 51.6% female) were invited to complete this screen. Average age was 57.33 - 5.47 years. The positive rate of colorectal cancer was 9.9% and 8.1% for male and female respectively. In the number of diagnostic items aspect, the more psychiatric diagnostic items the patients had, the more positive rate of colorectal cancer the patients had (7.9%, 9.6%, and 12.1% for the patients had 1, 2, and 3 psychiatric diagnosis, respectively, p = 0.045), and patients with 3 psychiatric diagnostic items had 1.62 fold risk of colorectal cancer to with 1 diagnostic item (p = 0.02).

Conclusion: This survey showed that psychiatric patients are in the risk of colorectal cancer, and the more items of psychiatric diagnosis, the more risk of colorectal cancer these patients have. These preliminary data of this survey hopefully can be the reference for psychiatric professionals to improve the physical care for these patients.

Author Details

Yu-Cheng Chen, BS; Shu-Hui Wang, BS; Ya-Lin Ciou, MS; Luan-Chen Lin, BS; Shih-Hsien Kuo, RPh, PhD; Chiou-Shiang Wu, BS

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Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Health Behavior, Psychiatric Patients, Colorectal Cancer Screening

Conference Name

25th International Nursing Research Congress

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Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Hong Kong

Conference Year

2014

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Prevalence of colorectal cancer in psychiatric patients: The preliminary results of colorectal cancer screen

Hong Kong

Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014:

Purpose: The aim of this study was to demonstrate colorectal cancer prevalence in Taiwanese psychiatric patients to provide the reference for psychiatric professionals to improve the physical care for these patients.

Methods: A "Quantitative immunoassay fecal occult blood test" and a questionnaire of habitual diet and daily health behavior were used to screen colorectal cancer and related health behaviors to determine the prevalence an its correlations with habitual diet and health behavior in psychiatric patients. Samples of this study were recruited from a psychiatric hospital in southern Taiwan.

Results: 2088 psychiatric patients (1011, 48.4% male and 1077, 51.6% female) were invited to complete this screen. Average age was 57.33 - 5.47 years. The positive rate of colorectal cancer was 9.9% and 8.1% for male and female respectively. In the number of diagnostic items aspect, the more psychiatric diagnostic items the patients had, the more positive rate of colorectal cancer the patients had (7.9%, 9.6%, and 12.1% for the patients had 1, 2, and 3 psychiatric diagnosis, respectively, p = 0.045), and patients with 3 psychiatric diagnostic items had 1.62 fold risk of colorectal cancer to with 1 diagnostic item (p = 0.02).

Conclusion: This survey showed that psychiatric patients are in the risk of colorectal cancer, and the more items of psychiatric diagnosis, the more risk of colorectal cancer these patients have. These preliminary data of this survey hopefully can be the reference for psychiatric professionals to improve the physical care for these patients.