Mental Distress among Patients Admitted in Gondar University Hospital: A Cross Sectional Institution Based Study

Getinet, Wondale; Malefiya, Yewunetu Dessalegn; Bifftu, Berhanu Boru

doi:10.21767/1791-809x.1000480

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“…In this study marital status of being married was an important factor; which was statistically associated with mental distress with almost2.7 times more positively associated with distress than being unmarried. This result of the study was similarly consistent to the study reported from Korea, Gondar University hospital, Ethiopia respectively (10,31). The reason that being married marital status more likely to develop mental distress were might be due to holding more responsibility to their home, family and child care, imbalance of demand and supply of resources to their family during being paired and poor communication and socialization relationship with in the family and other socioeconomically factors might be the possible difference.…”

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“…Inpatients who drink alcohol had near to 1.7 times more likely associated with mental distress than those who were not drink alcohol. This result was extended to the study done in Australia, Gondar University hospital, Ethiopia (10,35). The reason might be resulted from people with alcohol abuse are responsible for neuropsychiatric disorders, domestic violence, child abuse and neglecting and productivity loss and also meets the diagnostic criteria for majority of mental disorders and sometimes they may develop distress in their life after a time(36).…”

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“…Sample size determination-The sample size was calculated by using single population proportion formula, considering the following assumptions; prevalence of mental distress 58.6% which done in Gondar University hospitals among medical surgical adult inpatients,95% con dence interval and 5% margin of error (10)…”

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Mental Distress and Associated Factors Among Hospitalized Medical Surgical Adult Inpatients in Public Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020. Cross-sectional Study

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Giru

Bedada

2020

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Background: Mental distress is a mental or psychological syndrome, which influences the health status and treatment effectiveness, getting quality of care in a hospitalized medical surgical inpatient. It is more common in hospital setting than community setting population. Thus, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of mental distress and associated factors among hospitalized medical surgical adult inpatients in public hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020.Methods: Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted with a total of 408 study subjects from March 1-30, 2020. Systematic random sampling technique was used and data was collected using interviewer administered questionnaire. Data was collected by trained nursing students and collected data was entered into Epi-data 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 26 for analysis, and then binary and multiple logistic regressions was performed to check the association between dependent and independent variable.Result: The prevalence of mental distress among hospitalized medical surgical adult inpatients in public hospitals was 53.1% with (95%CI; 48%, 58%). Variables of being married [AOR=2.67; 95%CI(1.065,6.683)], private employee [AOR=2.21; 95%CI(1.001, 4.900)], daily laborer [AOR=4.70; 95%CI(1.218, 18.215)], rural residence [AOR=1.85; 95%CI(1.047,3.264)], taking alcohol [AOR=1.68; 95%CI(1.025, 2.740)], previous psychiatric illness [AOR=3.40; 95%CI(1.078, 10.737)] and co-morbidity [AOR=1.93; 95%CI (1.200, 3.094)] were found to be significantly associated with mental distress; while age, sex, ethnicity, religion, educational status, income, smoking, chat, social support, living condition, history of hospitalization, ward admitted and length of hospital stay were not significantly associated.Conclusion: The prevalence of mental distress was high and being married, private employee, daily laborer, residence in rural area, previous history of psychiatric illness, alcohol used and comorbidity disorder were associated with mental distress among hospitalized adult inpatients. Therefore, health care providers should provide special consideration to those group of patients admitted to the hospital.

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Mental Distress and Associated Factors Among Hospitalized Medical Surgical Adult Inpatients in Public Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020. Cross-sectional Study

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“…Participants who responded eight or more items positively were regarded as having common mental illness as suggested by other studies [18][19][20][21][22]. The internal consistency of the SQR-20 scale was high (Cronbach's alpha = 0.91) in the current study.…”

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Common mental illness among epilepsy patients in Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

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Background Common mental illness has a substantial impact on seizure control and negatively affects the overall quality of life among individuals with epilepsy. However, there is a dearth of studies that examined the associated factors of common mental illness among epilepsy patients in Ethiopia, particularly in the study area. This study aimed to assess the magnitude and factors associated with common mental disorders in epilepsy patients who attended government health institutions in Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia. Method Health institution based cross-sectional study was conducted using a systematic sampling technique among people living with epilepsy in Bahir Dar City Administration. Common mental illness was assessed using a self-reporting questionnaire and a semi-structured questionnaire was employed to collect data on socio-demographic and clinical related characteristics. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, univariate logistic regression, and multivariable logistic regression. Results The magnitude of comorbid common mental illness among people living with epilepsy was found 35.4%. High magnitude of common mental illness was reported among females (39.9%) when compared to males (32.3%). The most prevalent common mental disorders symptoms include being worried, unhappy feeling, trouble thinking clearly, and difficult to enjoy daily activities. Family history of epilepsy, frequent seizures attacks, side effects of antiepileptic drugs, lack of social support and not adherent to antiepileptic drugs were factors associated with common mental illness. Conclusions Common mental illness was found to be prevalent among people living with epilepsy. Therefore, it is recommended that great attention should be given to mental illness besides controlling seizure attacks.

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“…A state of distress can be caused by many things such as poverty, unemployment, death of a loved one, a relationship break-up, medical illness or physical problems, alcohol and drug use [2,3]. As a consequence of illness, many patients face psychological challenges [4]. Tuberculosis (TB) is one of those illnesses that result in PD.…”

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Prevalence of Psychological Distress and Associated Factors among Adult Tuberculosis Patients Attending Public Health Institutions in Dire Dawa and Harar Cities, Eastern Ethiopia

Ayana

Roba

Mabalhin

2019

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Background In developing countries the prevalence of psychological distress was higher among tuberculosis patients. Patients with tuberculosis infection were more prone to psychological distress than peoples without tuberculosis. However, little studies were conducted in on psychological distress among tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia, particularly in Eastern Ethiopian public health institution. Methods Institution-based cross-sectional study design was conducted. Based on the TB burden, four hospitals and six health centers were selected from Dire Dawa and Harar cities. Socio-demographic factors, psychological distress, TB related stigma experience, and alcohol use data were collected by face to face interview while TB and HIV related variables collected from TB registration book. All TB patients from the first month of TB treatment initiation through 6 were consecutively interviewed by trained data collectors from January to February 2018. The collected data were entered into Epi Data Version 3.1 software and exported into SPSS window version 20 for analysis. Bivariate and multivariate binary logistic regression was carried out. All variables with P-value ≤ 0.25 were taken into the multivariate model. Crude and adjusted odds ratios with a 95% confidence interval were estimated, and variables with P-value less than 0.05 in the final model were taken as significant predictors of psychological distress. distress. Results The prevalence of psychological distress among tuberculosis in this study population was 63.3% (95% CI: 58.1, 68.1). Being from rural residence (AOR: 1. 98; 95% CI: 1.01,3.86), co-infection TB- HIV (AOR: 2.15; 95% CI:1.02, 4.56), presence of at least one chronic disease (AOR:3.04; 95% CI:1.59,5.79), experience of stigma (AOR: 1.71; 95% CI:1.01, 2.90), Pulmonary and MDR-TB (AOR:2.53; 95% CI:1.50,4.28) and smoking cigarette (AOR:2.53; 95% CI:1.06,6.03) were associated with psychological distress. Conclusion In this study, almost two-thirds of the tuberculosis patients had psychological distress. Chronic disease morbidity, HIV-TB co-infection and experienced TB related stigma were associated with psychological distress. Attention should be given to chronic diseases including HIV/AIDS diagnosis and referring to chronic disease units to prevent the impact on mental health. Consideration should be given for psychological distress and linking moderate to severe form of the disease to the Psychiatric clinics to hinder its effects.

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Mental Distress among Patients Admitted in Gondar University Hospital: A Cross Sectional Institution Based Study

Abstract: Background: Mental distress is a state that manifests from anxiety, depression or unexplained somatic symptoms and is typically encountered in community and health care settings.

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Mental Distress and Associated Factors Among Hospitalized Medical Surgical Adult Inpatients in Public Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020. Cross-sectional Study

Mental Distress and Associated Factors Among Hospitalized Medical Surgical Adult Inpatients in Public Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020. Cross-sectional Study

Common mental illness among epilepsy patients in Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

Prevalence of Psychological Distress and Associated Factors among Adult Tuberculosis Patients Attending Public Health Institutions in Dire Dawa and Harar Cities, Eastern Ethiopia

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