TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Anxiety Disorders
KW - Case-Control Studies
KW - Comorbidity
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Depressive Disorder
KW - Developing countries
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Interview, Psychological
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Mental Disorders
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Nigeria
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Schizophrenia
KW - Tinea Versicolor
KW - Young Adult
AU - Erinfolami A
AU - Adeyemi JD
AB - <p><b>OBJECTIVES: </b>To determine the pattern of psychiatric morbidity prevalent among leprosy patients and to compare it with two control groups; those suffering from Tinea vesicolor and Normal subjects.</p><p><b>DESIGN: </b>Eighty-eight leprosy patients were matched for age and sex with those suffering from Tinea vesicolor as well as normal subjects. The subjects were assessed for psychiatric morbidity through a clinical interview with PSE-9.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among leprosy patients (580/1000) was significantly more than those with tinea vesicolor patients (182/1000) and normal subjects (148/1000) (p < 0.05). Depressive illness was the most common diagnosis in the three groups.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>Leprosy patients are more likely to manifest with psychiatric illness than those suffering from Tinea vesicolor and normal subjects.</p>
BT - International journal of psychiatry in medicine
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19650532?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2009
DO - 10.2190/PM.39.1.g
IS - 1
J2 - Int J Psychiatry Med
LA - eng
N2 - <p><b>OBJECTIVES: </b>To determine the pattern of psychiatric morbidity prevalent among leprosy patients and to compare it with two control groups; those suffering from Tinea vesicolor and Normal subjects.</p><p><b>DESIGN: </b>Eighty-eight leprosy patients were matched for age and sex with those suffering from Tinea vesicolor as well as normal subjects. The subjects were assessed for psychiatric morbidity through a clinical interview with PSE-9.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among leprosy patients (580/1000) was significantly more than those with tinea vesicolor patients (182/1000) and normal subjects (148/1000) (p < 0.05). Depressive illness was the most common diagnosis in the three groups.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>Leprosy patients are more likely to manifest with psychiatric illness than those suffering from Tinea vesicolor and normal subjects.</p>
PY - 2009
SP - 89
EP - 99
T2 - International journal of psychiatry in medicine
TI - A case control study of psychiatric morbidities among subjects with leprosy in Lagos, Nigeria.
VL - 39
SN - 0091-2174
ER -