Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/3480
Full metadata record
DC Field | Value | Language |
---|---|---|
dc.contributor.author | Lukoye, Atwoli | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ndambuki, D | - |
dc.contributor.author | Owiti, P | - |
dc.contributor.author | Manguro, G | - |
dc.contributor.author | Omulimi, N | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-23T07:11:19Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-23T07:11:19Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi:10.4314/ajpsy.v15i2.15 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/3480 | - |
dc.description.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. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | AJOL | en_US |
dc.subject | Diagnostic Stability | en_US |
dc.subject | Psychiatric Inpatients | en_US |
dc.subject | Low and Middle income countries | en_US |
dc.title | Short-term diagnostic stability among re-admitted psychiatric in-patients in Eldoret, Kenya | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | School of Medicine |
Files in This Item:
There are no files associated with this item.
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.