在肯尼亚的三级城市医院自我伤害演示的模式:一项5年的回顾性研究 (2018-2022年)
Willie Njoroge1, Catherine Gitau2, Everline Onchari1
1Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya.
PloS one
|January 27, 2025
概括
在肯尼亚的医院人口中,自我伤害很普遍,抑郁症是常见的诊断. 过量服用和自我伤害是常见的方法,通常与家庭冲突有关,强调需要有针对性的预防策略.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 自伤是一种重要的全球公共卫生问题,涉及故意的自我毒害或自我伤害.
- 在低收入和中等收入国家,特别是非洲的医院环境中,关于自我伤害趋势的研究有限.
- 了解自我伤害模式对于开发有效的干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 探索自我伤害患者的社会人口统计和临床概况.
- 为了确定肯尼亚的一所高等医疗机构中常见的自我伤害模式.
- 为制定自我伤害预防和管理协议提供信息.
主要方法:
- 在内罗毕阿迦汗大学医院进行了一项描述性回顾性研究.
- 从2018年1月1日至2022年12月31日期间的住院和门诊精神病记录中收集了数据.
- 使用数据抽象工具从符合条件的患者档案中收集信息.
主要成果:
- 在分析的497名患者中,28.1%的人自我伤害;平均年龄为26.5岁,大多数 (74.3%) 是女性.
- 抑郁症 (88.2%) 是最常见的精神病诊断,其次是焦虑症 (27.8%).
- 过量服用事件 (68.8%),特别是止痛药,以及自我伤害 (56.3%),主要是切伤,是常见的方法,家庭冲突被认为是主要原因 (39.6%).
结论:
- 这项研究揭示了在被研究的设施中患有精神疾病的患者中自我伤害的高发病率.
- 迫切需要制定具体的自我伤害预防和管理协议.
- 建立一个国家自我伤害行为登记册可以改善早期干预和预防工作.
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