title: Study of psychiatric consequences of closed head injury at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
abstract: This was a study to compare the psychiatric consequences of closed head injury (CHI) in 37 patients with 39 demographically similar patients with fractured lower limb injury (FLLI), aged 16-55 years. The outcome measures were the Clinical Interview Schedule-Revised, the Bender Gestalt Test and the WHO AUDIT Core for alcohol abuse. The final diagnoses were made according to DSM-III-R diagnostic criteria. The findings indicated that CHI patients suffered more psychiatric consequences than FLLI controls (OR = 4.07; 95% CI = 1.30:13.14; p = 0.013). Depression and anxiety disorders were the most common problems encountered in these subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Zimbabwe, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Sebit
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Siziya
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Ndetei
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Sande
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D001538:Bender-Gestalt Test; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012307:Risk Factors