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- Title
Descriptive study of cases of schizophrenia in the Malian population.
- Authors
Coulibaly, Souleymane dit Papa; Ba, Baba; Mounkoro, Pakuy Pierre; Diakite, Brehima; Kassogue, Yaya; Maiga, Mamoudou; Dara, Aperou Eloi; Traoré, Joseph; Kamaté, Zoua; Traoré, Kadiatou; Koné, Mahamadou; Maiga, Boubacar; Diarra, Zoumana; Coulibaly, Souleymane; Togora, Arouna; Maiga, Youssoufa; Koumaré, Baba
- Abstract
Background: Schizophrenia is a relatively common disease worldwide with a point prevalence of around 5/1000 in the population. The aim of this present work was to assess the demographic, clinical, familial, and environmental factors associated with schizophrenia in Mali. Methods: This was a prospective descriptive study on a series of 164 patients aged at least 12 years who came for a follow-up consultation at the psychiatry department of the University Hospital Center (CHU) Point G in Mali between February 2019 and January 2020 for schizophrenia spectrum disorder as defined by DSM-5 diagnostic criteria. Results: Our results revealed that the male sex was predominant (80.5%). The 25–34 age group was more represented with 44.5%. The place of birth for the majority of our patients was the urban area (52.4%), which also represented the place of the first year of life for the majority of our patients (56.1%). We noted that the unemployed and single people accounted for 56.1 and 61% respectively. More than half of our patients 58.5% reported having reached secondary school level. With the exception of education level, there was a statistically significant difference in the distribution of demographic parameters. Familial schizophrenia cases accounted for 51.7% versus 49.3% for non-familial cases. The different clinical forms were represented by the paranoid form, followed by the undifferentiated form, and the hebephrenic form with respectively 34, 28 and 17.1%. We noted that almost half (48.8%) of patients were born during the cold season. Cannabis use history was not observed in 68.7% of the patients. The proportions of patients with an out-of-school father or an out-of-school mother were 51.2 and 64.2%, respectively. Conclusion: The onset of schizophrenia in the Malian population has been associated with socio-demographic, clinical, genetic and environmental characteristics.
- Subjects
MALI; SCHIZOPHRENIA; CONSULTATION-liaison psychiatry; BIRTHPLACES; SINGLE people; UNEMPLOYED people
- Publication
BMC Psychiatry, 2021, Vol 21, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-244X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12888-021-03422-9