01878nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260004400042653001200086653001900098653001200117653002600129100001300155700001200168700001200180700001300192245006400205856006300269300001200332490000700344520130900351       2014                            d  bAssociation of Psychiatrists in Nigeria10aleprosy10aLeprosy colony10aNigeria10aPsychiatric morbidity1 aBakare A1 aJusuf A1 aHabib Z1 aObembe A00aPsychiatric Morbidity in a Leprosy Camp in Northern Nigeria  uhttps://www.ajol.info/index.php/njpsyc/article/view/110642  a24–290 v123 a<p>Background: Leprosy is associated with a variety of psychopathological problems. Most of the previous studies have focused on leprosy patients in clinical settings while studies on isolated people with leprosy remain scanty. Aims : To determine the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in a leprosy camp and its associated factors. Methods: The instruments used consist of a questionnaire to elicit demographic and clinical variables and the 28-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). Data was th analyzed using the 15 version of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 15). Results: A prevalence rate of probable psychiatric morbidity of 69.4% was obtained. There was a statistically significant association between psychological distress in patients with leprosy and older age`(x2 =28.12, p&lt;0.001), female gender (x2 =12.43, p&lt;0.001), unemployment (x2 =7.55, p=0.006), longer duration of illness and completion 24-month leprosy treatment regimen (p=0.003, OR=0.39, 95% CI 0.19-0.77). Conclusion: There was high rate of psychiatric morbidity among isolated patients with leprosy. Lower rate have been reported among leprosy patients in clinical settings. Certain sociodemographic and clinical factors associated strongly with psychiatric morbidities in patients with leprosy.</p>