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Afr J Psychiatry (Johannesbg) ; 14(4): 306-9, 2011 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22038429

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To screen for psychiatric morbidity among caregivers of patients attending a child and adolescent psychiatric clinic. METHOD: A total of 155 patients and their caregivers were consecutively recruited over a 1 month period. Sociodemographic and clinical information on patients was obtained either from the hospital records or from the caregiver. Scoring on the Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS) was done by clinicians. The caregivers were administered a sociodemographic questionnaire, GHQ-12, Zarit Burden interview, and the Columbia Impairment Scale. RESULTS: Most caregivers observed in this study were females (80.5%) with mothers of the patients accounting for 78% of all the caregivers. A higher percentage of the patients were males (52.8%). Among the caregivers, 39.4% had GHQ Scores of 3 and above. Factors associated with psychiatric morbidity among caregivers include the high level of subjective burden of care, low level of functioning, high degree of impairment and low level of education among patients. CONCLUSION: The study reveals a high level of psychiatric morbidity among the carers of children and adolescents with mental health problems.


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Caregivers/psychology , Mental Disorders/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Caregivers/statistics & numerical data , Child , Cost of Illness , Educational Status , Female , Humans , Male , Mental Disorders/psychology , Mothers/psychology , Mothers/statistics & numerical data , Nigeria/epidemiology , Prevalence , Sex Distribution , Stress, Psychological/epidemiology , Stress, Psychological/psychology , Surveys and Questionnaires
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