One year prevalence of psychotic disorders among first treatment contact patients at Butabika National Psychiatric Referral Hospital in Uganda (original) (raw)

Introduction Hospital based studies for psychotic disorders are scarce in low and middle income countries. This may impact on development of intervention programs. Objective We aimed to determine the burden of psychotic disorders among first treatment contact patients at the national psychiatric referral hospital in Uganda. Methods A retrospective patient chart-file review was carried out in March 2019 for all patients presenting to the hospital for the first time in the previous year. Patients were categorised into those with and without psychotic disorders. We collected sociodemographic data on age, gender, occupation, level of education, ethnicity, religion and home district. We determined the one year prevalence of psychotic disorders among first treatment contact patients. Using logistic regression models, we also determined the association between psychotic disorders and various exposure variables among first treatment contact patients. Results In 2018, 63% (95% CI: 60.2 – 65....