Somatization disorder among adolescents in southeast Nigeria: a neglected issue
| Autor: | Agozie C Ubesie, AC Ndukuba, A. T. Chinawa, Samuel N Uwaezuoke, Elias Aniwada, Arc Nwokocha, Josephat M Chinawa, Vivian O Onukwuli |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Psychosomatic disorder
Nigeria Adolescents lcsh:RC321-571 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine South east Medicine Statistical analysis 030212 general & internal medicine Somatization disorder lcsh:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Secondary schools Somatization Scale business.industry Research Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Mental health Stratified sampling Psychiatry and Mental health Pshychiatric Mental Health business Somatization 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Mental Health Systems, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2017) International Journal of Mental Health Systems |
| ISSN: | 1752-4458 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13033-017-0161-3 |
| Popis: | Background Adolescents do present with somatization disorder which is often neglected by pediatricians. This could have serious consequences if not curbed early. Objectives This study is aimed at determining the pattern and types of Somatization disorder among adolescents attending secondary schools in south east Nigeria. Methods Somatization disorder was investigated among 485 adolescents from mixed schools using a stratified random sampling of adolescents from four secondary schools in southeast Nigeria. The Enugu somatization scale was used to evaluate for presence of somatization in the participants. Statistical analysis was with statistical package for social sciences (SPPS) version 19 (Chicago IL). Results A total of 485 adolescents aged 10–19 years were included in this study. The mean age of the respondents was 16.36 with standard deviation (SD) of 3.14 years. Two hundred and fifty-one (51.8%) had head features, 262 (54.0%) had body features, 303 (62.5%) had either head or body features while 210 (43.3%) had both head and body features. One hundred and thirty-four males (51.3%) compared to 117 females (52.2%) reported symptoms consistent with head symptoms (p = 0.038). One hundred and eleven males (42.5%) compared to 99 females (44.2) reported symptoms related to the head and body (p = 0.137) while 135 males (51.7%) compared to 127 females (56.7%) reported symptoms related to the body (p = 0.925). There were significant associations of age in categories with head, body, either head or body as well as both head and body features (all p value |
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