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Psychiatric disorders are associated with hospital care utilization in persons with hypertension

Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on alcohol and related conditions

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Abstract

Background

Psychiatric disorders and hypertension both independently increase risk for heart disease, cardiac events, and healthcare utilization. However, the contribution of specific psychiatric disorders to healthcare utilization in persons with hypertension is unknown.

Objective

To evaluate associations between psychiatric disorders and receipt of hospital care in people with hypertension.

Design

Cross-sectional epidemiologic survey.

Subjects

A total of 8,812 hypertensive individuals drawn from a randomly selected sample of 43,093 US adults.

Main outcomes

Participants were assessed in-person for a range of mental disorders (using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV), hypertension status (self-report), and past-year occurrence of emergency room treatment and overnight hospital stay (self-report).

Results

After controlling for demographics and clinical variables, persons having any lifetime mood, anxiety, or personality disorders had increased likelihood of emergency room treatment [odds ratios (ORs) = 1.26, 1.18, and 1.47, respectively]. Persons having any mood or personality disorder had increased likelihood of overnight hospital stay (ORs  = 1.24 and 1.31, respectively). The specific disorders significantly associated with emergency room treatment were lifetime major depression, lifetime manic disorder, past-year major depression, past-year manic disorder, past-year panic disorder without agoraphobia, and paranoid, histrionic, antisocial, obsessive–compulsive personality disorders, with ORs ranging from 1.25 to 2.41. The specific disorders significantly associated with overnight hospital stay were lifetime dysthymia, lifetime manic disorder, past-year major depression, past-year manic disorder, and histrionic, antisocial, and paranoid personality disorders, with ORs ranging from 1.40 to 1.87.

Conclusion

Results suggest that addressing mental health problems in persons with hypertension may decrease healthcare utilization.

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Acknowledgments

Preparation of this report was supported in part by NIH grants R01-MH60417, R01-MH60417-Supp, R01-DA13444, R01-DA018883, R01-DA14618, R01-DA016855, P50-AA03510, P50-DA09241, R21-DK074468, and grants from the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association. We thank NIAAA and the U.S. Census Bureau field representatives who administered the NESARC interview.

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    Julie A. Wagner PhD

  2. Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA

    Robert H. Pietrzak MPH & Nancy M. Petry PhD

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Wagner, J.A., Pietrzak, R.H. & Petry, N.M. Psychiatric disorders are associated with hospital care utilization in persons with hypertension. Soc Psychiat Epidemiol 43, 878–888 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-008-0377-2

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