Study of the Geographical Distribution of Psychiatric Disorders in Boyer-Ahmad and Dena Counties, Using GIS Software in a 5-Year Period From 2019 to 2025
Background & aim: Mental health is one of the most important and influential issues in the health system. In addition to the sufferings and limitations it creates, suffering from mental illness imposes a heavy economic burden and costs on the patient's family and the society. Threfore, the...
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Yasuj University Of Medical Sciences
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Armaghane Danesh Bimonthly Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://armaghanj.yums.ac.ir/article-1-3516-en.pdf |
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| Summary: | Background & aim: Mental health is one of the most important and influential issues in the health system. In addition to the sufferings and limitations it creates, suffering from mental illness imposes a heavy economic burden and costs on the patient's family and the society. Threfore, the purpose of the present study was to determine the geographic distribution of mental disorders and some related environmental factors in Boyer Ahmad and Dana counties, using GIS software, in a 5-year period from 2018-2019.
Methods: In the present cross-sectional study, first, the residential address of 3215 patients with mental disorders who had a history of hospitalization in Shahid Rajaei Psychiatric Hospital of Yasuj, Iran, during the last 5 years were collected from hospital files and hospital archives. The relationship between climatic and environmental factors of the province, including average annual humidity, average annual rainfall, average annual temperature, after preparing and constructing the layers, were investigated and analyzed with Arcmap and Arc catalogue software from ArcGIS. Statistical analysis of the data was done using SPSS 21 software and logistic regression method.
Results: Based on the multivariate logistic regression results, the most important environmental factors were temperature (p< 0.001), and altitude (P =0.006) Accordingly, by increasing temperature, and altitude the chance of disease occurrence decreased by 51 % (OR=0.49) and 1% (OR = 0.99), respectively. Moreover, univariate logistic regression indicated that humidity, slope (P < 0.001) and rainfall (P = 0.01) with the odds ratios of (OR=0.61), (OR=0.92), (OR=0.99), respectively, were associated with the decrease in the occurrence of mental disorders. Living in urban areas had a direct relationship with the occurrence of disease (P = 0.03), which increased the chance of mental disorders more than seven times (OR = 7.77).
Conclusion: According to the findings of the present study, it is suggested that the increase in temperature, altitude, humidity, slope, and rainfall were related to the decrease in the incidence of mental disorders respectively, and that urban life was related to the increase in the incidence of mental disorders in studied areas. It is suggested that the health system officials and practitioners should use the results of the present study in determining risk areas for disease control, which will lead to a significant reduction in the costs of diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. |
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| ISSN: | 1728-6506 1728-6514 |