Baiyewu O, Adeyemi J D, Ogunniyi A
Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 1997 Dec;12(12):1146-50. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(199712)12:12<1146::aid-gps679>3.0.co;2-x.
The prevalence of psychiatric disorders in nursing homes, which has not been studied before in Nigeria, is the subject of this cross-sectional study.
Psychiatric disorders were assessed in 23 of the 29 residents of the two nursing homes in Lagos and diagnoses based on DSM-III-R criteria (APA, 1987) and AGECAT (Copeland et al., 1986) were made independently.
The commonest diagnoses were dementia in 11 out of 23 residents and depression in four residents. Overall prevalence rate of psychiatric disorders was 74%.
The present prevalence rate of psychiatric disorders is similar to those reported in similar institutions in the industrialized societies. This has implications for the care of the elderly in a non-industrialized society.
尼日利亚此前尚未对养老院中精神障碍的患病率进行过研究，本横断面研究以此为主题。
对拉各斯两家养老院29名居民中的23名进行精神障碍评估，并依据《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》第三版修订版标准（美国精神病学协会，1987年）和AGECAT（科普兰等人，1986年）独立做出诊断。
最常见的诊断结果是23名居民中有11名患有痴呆症，4名居民患有抑郁症。精神障碍的总体患病率为74%。
目前精神障碍的患病率与工业化社会中类似机构报告的患病率相似。这对非工业化社会中老年人的护理具有启示意义。
