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Psychiatric disorders in Nigerian nursing home residents
O Baiyewu1, J D Adeyemi, A Ogunniyi
1Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Background:
The prevalence of psychiatric disorders in nursing homes, which has not been studied before in Nigeria, is the subject of this cross-sectional study.
Method:
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.
Results:
The commonest diagnoses were dementia in 11 out of 23 residents and depression in four residents. Overall prevalence rate of psychiatric disorders was 74%.
Conclusion:
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.
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