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Descriptive study of cases of schizophrenia in the Malian population

Authors: Souleymane dit Papa Coulibaly, Baba Ba, Pakuy Pierre Mounkoro, Brehima Diakite, Yaya Kassogue, Mamoudou Maiga, Aperou Eloi Dara, Joseph Traoré, Zoua Kamaté, Kadiatou Traoré, Mahamadou Koné, Boubacar Maiga, Zoumana Diarra, Souleymane Coulibaly, Arouna Togora, Youssoufa Maiga, Baba Koumaré

Published in: BMC Psychiatry | Issue 1/2021

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.

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Title: Descriptive study of cases of schizophrenia in the Malian population
Authors: Souleymane dit Papa Coulibaly
Baba Ba
Pakuy Pierre Mounkoro
Brehima Diakite
Yaya Kassogue
Mamoudou Maiga
Aperou Eloi Dara
Joseph Traoré
Zoua Kamaté
Kadiatou Traoré
Mahamadou Koné
Boubacar Maiga
Zoumana Diarra
Souleymane Coulibaly
Arouna Togora
Youssoufa Maiga
Baba Koumaré
Publication date: 01-12-2021
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keyword: Schizophrenia
Published in: BMC Psychiatry / Issue 1/2021
Electronic ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03422-9

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Descriptive study of cases of schizophrenia in the Malian population

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Methods

Results

Conclusion

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