FC22: Characteristics of elder patients seen in a mental health clinic in Cali-Colombia in 2023

Abstract

Objectives: To identify the characteristics and principals’ diagnosis of the older patients of a mental service in order to design the basis of an intervention plan.

Methods: Retrospective longitudinal observational study based on a secondary database provided by Mentalitat. Results: On a year 30% of the attention were over 60 years old, 70% of them was women with anxiety disorder, mixed anxiety-depression disorder, and mayor neurocognitive disorder. Almost half of the dementias had not reported etiology despite the repeat attentions.

Conclusions: In order to improve the mental state and reduce hospitalization interventions should be focused on women with anxiety or/and depression and brain health to influence the incidence of neurocognitive impairment and the quality of life; emphasizing dementia training for mental health care.