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Gender distribution of mental health disorders among adolescents of Togo, West Africa: A hospital-based study.
- Source :
- International Journal of Mental Health; 2024, Vol. 53 Issue 2, p127-133, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- This article describes data on the gender distribution of mental health disorders among adolescents of Togo, West Africa. The sample size of this study included 242 patients. Gender and mental health disorders according to the definition of International Classification of Disease, tenth revision (ICD-10) were considered. Females were significantly more likely to develop a mental health disorder than males (61.16% vs 38.84% of the sample), and females were significantly 3 times more likely to develop Somatoform Disorders- Other Neurotic Disorders compared to males. Males were significantly 2 times more likely to develop Acute and Transient Psychotic Disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SOMATOFORM disorders
ACADEMIC medical centers
T-test (Statistics)
MENTAL illness
SEX distribution
FISHER exact test
LOGISTIC regression analysis
RETROSPECTIVE studies
CHI-squared test
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ODDS ratio
RESEARCH methodology
PSYCHOSES
CONFIDENCE intervals
DATA analysis software
NEUROSES
NOSOLOGY
CANNABINOIDS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00207411
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Mental Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177520017
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00207411.2022.2123695