Ikwuagwu P U, Nafziger J C, Ihezue U H, Ohaeri J U
Victoria Hosp., Blackpool.
West Afr J Med. 1994 Oct-Dec;13(4):191-5.
In a study of the social and clinical characteristics of inpatients at the Jos University Teaching Hospital Psychiatric unit in Northern Nigeria, 387 patients made up from 421 consecutive admissions into the unit over a 9-month period, were studied. The patients were followed up at the out-patient clinic after discharge for a period of at least 3 months. Functional psychoses (66%) and especially schizophrenia (35%) predominated. About 14% of the cohort had depressive psychosis. There was a statistically significant (p < 0.001) excess of females with depressive illness. The mean duration of hospitalization was 15 days and at discharge, the majority of the patients (79%) were improved. Three months after discharge, 46% of the patients had defaulted from follow-up. The most important factor associated with default was patients' residence of 100 kilometres or more from the hospital. Of those still attending the out-patient clinic 15% had relapsed.
在一项针对尼日利亚北部乔斯大学教学医院精神科住院患者的社会和临床特征的研究中，对该科室在9个月期间连续收治的421例患者中的387例进行了研究。患者出院后在门诊随访至少3个月。功能性精神病（66%），尤其是精神分裂症（35%）占主导。该队列中约14%患有抑郁性精神病。患有抑郁性疾病的女性明显过多（p<0.001）。平均住院时间为15天，出院时大多数患者（79%）病情有所改善。出院三个月后，46%的患者未进行随访。与未随访相关的最重要因素是患者居住在距离医院100公里或更远的地方。在仍到门诊就诊的患者中，15%复发。
