Psychiatric morbidity in mothers of children attending primary care facility in Ilorin, Nigeria: drawing attention to those affected concurrently with their children

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• 作者：Olatunji Alao Abiodun M.B.B.S. ; F.M.C.Psych.^a ; Mosunmola Florence Tunde-Ayinmode M.B.B.S. ; F.M.C.Psych.^a ;   ; ^{mosunmolaflorence@yahoo.com} ; Olusola Abejide Adegunloye B.M. ; B.Ch. ; F.W.A.C.P.^a ; Babatunde Ademola Ayinmode M.B.B.S. ; F.M.C.G.P.^b ; Dauda Sulyman M.B.B.S.^a ; Ngozi Nneka Unaogu M.B.B.S.^a ; Rasaq Oyelami Saliu M.B.B.S.^a ; Sunday Sajo M.B.B.S.^a ; Rilwan A. Salami M.B.B.S.^a ; Mohammed Kehinde Jimba R.N. ; B.Sc.^a ; Taiwo Agbabiaka H.N.D. ; Cert. E.E.G.^a
• 关键词：Concurrent ; Mother/child ; Psychiatric morbidity ; Primary care-Nigeria
• 刊名：General Hospital Psychiatry
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：November-December 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：33
• 期：6
• 页码：537-542
• 全文大小：212 K

文摘

Objective

To determine the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among mothers of children attending a primary care clinic in University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital as precursor to developing an intervention programme.

Method

WThree hundred fifty mothers of children aged 7?4 years were screened with the 12-item General Health Questionnaire for psychiatric morbidity. As part of the larger study, their children were screened for psychiatric disorders with the parents?version of the Child Behaviour Questionnaire, and a subsample of 157 mother/child dyad had second-stage interview with the children¡¯s version of the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia to determine psychiatric morbidity in these children.

Results

Twenty-eight out of 350 mothers (8 % ) had probable psychiatric morbidity. Mothers with psychiatric morbidity were significantly more likely to have children with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, Fourth Edition psychiatric diagnosis (8 of 28, P=0.011), experience parenting difficulties with some of their children (13 of 28, P=0.000) and have poor husband support for the care of their children.

Conclusion

The presence of psychiatric morbidity in mothers may require that other members of the family especially the children be screened for psychiatric disorders particularly when there are parenting difficulties and poor spousal support; in this way primary prevention or control can effectively be carried out.