dc.contributor.author | Kamau, Judy W . | |
dc.contributor.author | Kuria, Wangari | |
dc.contributor.author | Mathai, Muthoni | |
dc.contributor.author | Atwoli, Lukoye | |
dc.contributor.author | Kangethe, Rachael | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-15T08:39:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.citation | AIDS Care Vol. 24, No. 7, July 2012, 836842 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/9996 | |
dc.description | Psychiatric morbidity among HIV-infected children and adolescents in a resource-poor Kenyan
urban community | en |
dc.description.abstract | The course of HIV/AIDS in children has been transformed from an acute to a chronic one with the advent of
Anti-Retroviral Therapy. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and pattern of psychiatric
morbidity in HIV-infected children and adolescents between 6 and 18 years of age and the relationship between
their socio-demographic factors, immune suppression and psychiatric morbidity. The study was conducted at a
paediatric HIV clinic in Nairobi, between February and April 2010. One hundred and sixty-two HIV-infected
childrenandadolescentsagedbetween6and18yearsandtheirguardianswereinterviewed.Seventy-nine(48.8%)
of the study participants were found to have psychiatric morbidity. The most prevalent Diagnostic Statistical
Manual, 4th Edition TR psychiatric disorders were: Major depression (17.8%), Social phobia (12.8%),
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (12.1%) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (12.1%). Twenty-five
per cent of the study participants had more than one psychiatric disorder. The prevalence of psychiatric
morbidity in HIV-infected children ishigher than that found in children in the general population. There is therefore a need to integrate psychiatric services into the routine care of HIV-infected children | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Routledge | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | AIDS Care Vol. 24, No. 7, July 2012, 836842; | |
dc.subject | HIV; AIDS; children; adolescents; DSM-IV; neuropsychiatry; Kenya | en |
dc.title | Psychiatric morbidity among HIV -infected children and adolescents in a resource-poor Kenyan urban community | en |
dc.title.alternative | AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Department of Psychiatry , University of Nairobi | en |
local.publisher | Department of Mental Health, School of Medicine, Moi University , Eldoret | en |