Psychiatric morbidity among HIV-infected children and adolescents in a resource-poor Kenyan urban community.
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| Title: | Psychiatric morbidity among HIV-infected children and adolescents in a resource-poor Kenyan urban community. |
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| Authors: | Kamau, JudyW. (AUTHOR), Kuria, Wangari (AUTHOR), Mathai, Muthoni (AUTHOR), Atwoli, Lukoye (AUTHOR), Kangethe, Rachael (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | AIDS Care. Jul2012, Vol. 24 Issue 7, p836-842. 7p. 5 Charts. |
| Subjects: | Psychiatric diagnosis, Diagnosis of mental depression, Psychiatric epidemiology, Poverty areas, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Behavior disorders in children, Chi-squared test, Mental depression, Fisher exact test, HIV infections, Psychology of HIV-positive persons, Research methodology, Metropolitan areas, Probability theory, Highly active antiretroviral therapy, Social anxiety, Cross-sectional method, Data analysis software, Descriptive statistics, CD4 lymphocyte count, Adolescence, Children, Diagnosis |
| Geographic Terms: | Kenya |
| Abstract: | The course of HIV/AIDS in children has been transformed from an acute to a chronic one with the advent of Anti-Retroviral Therapy. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and pattern of psychiatric morbidity in HIV-infected children and adolescents between 6 and 18 years of age and the relationship between their socio-demographic factors, immune suppression and psychiatric morbidity. The study was conducted at a paediatric HIV clinic in Nairobi, between February and April 2010. One hundred and sixty-two HIV-infected children and adolescents aged between 6 and 18 years and their guardians were interviewed. Seventy-nine (48.8%) of the study participants were found to have psychiatric morbidity. The most prevalent Diagnostic Statistical Manual, 4th Edition TR psychiatric disorders were: Major depression (17.8%), Social phobia (12.8%), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (12.1%) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (12.1%). Twenty-five per cent of the study participants had more than one psychiatric disorder. The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in HIV-infected children is higher than that found in children in the general population. There is therefore a need to integrate psychiatric services into the routine care of HIV-infected children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | The course of HIV/AIDS in children has been transformed from an acute to a chronic one with the advent of Anti-Retroviral Therapy. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and pattern of psychiatric morbidity in HIV-infected children and adolescents between 6 and 18 years of age and the relationship between their socio-demographic factors, immune suppression and psychiatric morbidity. The study was conducted at a paediatric HIV clinic in Nairobi, between February and April 2010. One hundred and sixty-two HIV-infected children and adolescents aged between 6 and 18 years and their guardians were interviewed. Seventy-nine (48.8%) of the study participants were found to have psychiatric morbidity. The most prevalent Diagnostic Statistical Manual, 4th Edition TR psychiatric disorders were: Major depression (17.8%), Social phobia (12.8%), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (12.1%) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (12.1%). Twenty-five per cent of the study participants had more than one psychiatric disorder. The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in HIV-infected children is higher than that found in children in the general population. There is therefore a need to integrate psychiatric services into the routine care of HIV-infected children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 09540121 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09540121.2011.644234 |
