Ihezue U H, Kumaraswamy N
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1984 Oct;70(4):310-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1984.tb01214.x.
A study of the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of schizophrenics of Igbo origin treated at a psychiatric hospital in Nigeria over a period of 6 months was made together with a limited follow-up. Males exceeded females in the proportion of 2:1. About 66% were below the age of 30 years. While there were more married females than single, there were more single males than married. However, single persons on the whole predominated. The majority (61%) were either illiterate or had low education while 52% were either unemployed or unskilled persons. Paranoid and catatonic schizophrenias were the commonest diagnostic subgroups. The short-term prognosis was very good in that 96% were greatly improved at the time of discharge. There was, however, a high dropout rate of 57% over a period of 5 years. Of those still attending, 73% remained improved. The possible sociocultural basis of some of the findings is discussed.
对在尼日利亚一家精神病院接受治疗6个月的伊博族精神分裂症患者的社会人口学和临床特征进行了研究，并进行了有限的随访。男性与女性的比例为2:1。约66%的患者年龄在30岁以下。已婚女性比单身女性多，但单身男性比已婚男性多。然而，总体上单身者占多数。大多数（61%）是文盲或受教育程度低，52%是失业者或无技能者。偏执型和紧张型精神分裂症是最常见的诊断亚组。短期预后非常好，96%的患者在出院时病情有很大改善。然而，在5年期间失访率高达57%。在仍在接受治疗的患者中，73%的患者病情仍有改善。讨论了部分研究结果可能的社会文化基础。
