dc.contributorUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T13:36:09Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-05T13:48:04Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T13:36:09Z
dc.date.available2022-10-05T13:48:04Z
dc.date.created2014-05-20T13:36:09Z
dc.date.issued2009-03-01
dc.identifierGeneral Hospital Psychiatry. New York: Elsevier B.V., v. 31, n. 2, p. 178-180, 2009.
dc.identifier0163-8343
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/12456
dc.identifier10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.11.003
dc.identifierWOS:000264468700013
dc.identifier3837157956819433
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/3888298
dc.description.abstractObjective: This study aims to compare the prevalence of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (OCSD) in psychiatric outpatients with and without a history of rheumatic fever (RF).Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study assessing a large sample of consecutive psychiatric outpatients at a Brazilian private practice was conducted during a 10-year period. Psychiatric diagnoses were made by a senior psychiatrist based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition. Best-estimate diagnosis procedure was also performed.Results: The total sample comprised 678 subjects, 13 of whom (1.92%) presented with a previous history of RF. This group showed a higher prevalence of subclinical obsessive-compulsive disorder (P=.025) and OCSD (P=.007) when compared to individuals with no such history.Conclusions: A previous history of RF was associated with OCSD. These results suggest that clinicians should be encouraged to actively investigate obsessive-compulsive symptoms and related disorders in patients with a positive history of RF. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier B.V.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relationGeneral Hospital Psychiatry
dc.relation2.989
dc.relation1,147
dc.rightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectObsessive-compulsive disorder
dc.subjectRheumatic fever
dc.subjectStreptococcal infection
dc.subjectSydenham's chorea
dc.titleHigher prevalence of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders in rheumatic fever
dc.typeArtigo


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