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Title: | Short-term diagnostic stability among re-admitted psychiatric in-patients in Eldoret, Kenya |
Authors: | Lukoye, Atwoli Ndambuki, D Owiti, P Manguro, G Omulimi, N |
Keywords: | Diagnostic Stability Psychiatric Inpatients Low and Middle income countries |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | AJOL |
Abstract: | Objective: To determine the prospective and retrospective consistency of diagnoses among readmitted psychiatric in-patients at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya. Method: Admission and discharge diagnoses among a consecutive sample of 114 psychiatric in-patients readmitted at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital between August and December 2009 were compared. Results: The commonest diagnoses at admission were schizophrenia spectrum disorders (47.4%) and bipolar spectrum disorders (30.7%). Overall diagnostic stability as measured by prospective consistency in this study was 72.8%.The most stable diagnostic category was Major Depressive Disorder (100% prospective and retrospective consistency), followed by Bipolar Disorders (91.4% prospective consistency, 69.6% retrospective consistency) and Substance-related disorders (87.5% prospective consistency, 50% retrospective consistency). Schizophrenia-spectrum disorders had a prospective consistency of 75.9% and a retrospective consistency of 87.2%. ‘Other Psychotic Disorders’ (acute psychotic episode and psychotic disorder not otherwise specified) had the lowest diagnostic stability, with both prospective and retrospective consistency being 0%. Conclusion: Mood disorders and substance-related disorders have the highest diagnostic stability among readmitted psychiatric inpatients in a low-income country. |
URI: | https://doi:10.4314/ajpsy.v15i2.15 http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/3480 |
Appears in Collections: | School of Medicine |
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