Psychiatry disorders and dengue: is there a relationship?
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship of compulsive hoarding with dengue.


METHODS
Fifty two adults notified by health vigilance authorities because of inappropriate trash accumulation in vacant lots in Goiânia, Central Brazil, completed a questionnaire regarding the presence and severity of hoarding behavior (Hoarding Rating Scale-Interview HRS-I). Five dimensions of hoarding are evaluated with this instrument: difficulty using spaces due to clutter, difficulty discarding possessions, excessive acquisition of objects, emotional distress and functional impairment due to hoarding behaviors.


RESULTS
The sample was primarily male, with an average age of 49 years. Eighty six percent of the sample scored 14 or greater on the HRS-I, indicating pathological hoarding. The medias of the five HRS-I domains were high, indicating severeness of all dimentions of pathological hoarding.


CONCLUSIONS
These results highlight the relationship between psychiatric disorder and actions upon environmental conditions that favors dengue, as well as its associated public health burden.
Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia GO, Brazil. leonardocaixeta1@gmail.com
Leonardo
L
Caixeta
Paulo Verlaine Borges
PV
Azevedo
Marcelo
M
Caixeta
Cláudio Henrique Ribeiro
CH
Reimer
D000330:Aedes; D000818:Animals; D003715:Dengue / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D060845:Hoarding / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors