ArticleYonsei medical journal2023
The Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Borderline Personality Disorder in South Korea Using National Health Insurance Service Customized Database.
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- Factors That Influence Prescribing in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review.Personality and mental health · 2025Pooled it
- Borderline Personality Disorder in South Korea: A Narrative Review of Clinical Research and Future Directions.Yonsei medical journal · 2026Review
- A pilot randomized controlled trial of mentalization-based treatment and structured clinical management for outpatients with borderline personality disorder in South Korea.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2026Article
- Influences on prescribing in borderline personality disorder: insights from health care professionals: a qualitative interview study.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Mentalization as a mediator of the effects of early life stress on borderline personality disorder in a South Korean clinical sample.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2026Article
- Before the algorithm: An exemplar case of the necessity of statistical testing for epidemiological consistency in public health data.AIMS public health · 2026Article
- Non-invasive brain stimulation for borderline personality disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Annals of general psychiatry · 2025Review
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of the present study was to identify the prevalence and clinical characteristics of borderline personality disorder (BPD) in South Korea using the Korean National Health Insurance database (DB). MATERIALS AND
methodsWe used the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS)'s research DB (NHIS-2021-1-790) from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2019, to make customized DB including sociodemographic information and absence or presence of BPD and other psychiatric disorders. The prevalence and the age of onset of BPD was estimated. To compare medical service utilization between the BPD group and the control group, a 1:1:1 propensity score matching was employed, and the regression analysis was conducted.
resultsThe prevalence of BPD per 10000 people was 0.96 in 2010 and 1.06 in 2019. The prevalence ratio of males to females was 1:1.38 in 2010 and 1:1.65 in 2019, showing that BPD was more prevalent in females. The patients' overall average age of onset was 33.19±14.6 years, with the highest prevalence shown in 8503 people in their 20s. By administrative district, the highest prevalence of BPD per 10000 people was shown in Seoul with 8.71 and the lowest in Jeollanam-do with 2.35. The BPD patients showed a pattern of extensive use of general and mental healthcare services.
conclusionThis study identified the prevalence of BPD on a national DB set in South Korea. Although the prevalence of BPD in South Korea was relatively low compared to other countries, there was a steady increase in the number of BPD patients over a decade, which may be possibly due to an increased awareness of mental health and campaigns among healthcare providers and users in the country.
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