title: Psychiatric disorders in persons aged 60 years or older treated as inpatients ou outpatients in hospitals in Togo: epidemiological, clinical, and therapeutic aspects.
abstract: The objective of this study was to describe the social, demographic, and clinical profile of inpatients and outpatients 60 years or older treated for psychiatric disorders. This descriptive and analytic retrospective study took place at the inpatient and outpatient psychiatry departments at two university hospital centers in Lomé: Campus and Sylvanus Olympio of Lomé. It included patients aged 60 years or older seen during the 10-year period 2004-2013 who met ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for psychiatric disease. This series comprised 224 patients with a mean age of 67.6 ± 7.37 years (range: 60-97). Insomnia (16%), hallucinations (8.53%), and somatic complaints (7.73%) were the most frequent motives for consultation. Family or friends accompanied 80.36% of these patients to the consultation. Among the patients, 66.96% were aware of their disorder, and 60.71% showed an adherence to treatment. The main diagnoses were depressive disorders (25.89%) and various forms of dementia (23.66%) The prevention of depression disorders in this population requires real work on mourning.
authors.affiliation: Faculté des sciences de la santé (FSS) de l'université de Lomé (Togo), psychiatrie, CHU Campus, 01BP4702, Lomé, Togo.
authors.forename: K M A
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Soedje
authors.affiliation: Faculté des sciences de la santé (FSS) de l'université de Lomé (Togo), psychiatrie, CHU Campus, 01BP4702, Lomé, Togo.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanekatoua
authors.affiliation: Faculté des sciences de la santé (FSS) de l'université de Lomé (Togo), psychiatrie, CHU Campus, 01BP4702, Lomé, Togo.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amadou
authors.affiliation: Faculté des sciences de la santé (FSS) de l'université de Lomé (Togo), psychiatrie, CHU Campus, 01BP4702, Lomé, Togo.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Dassa
authors.affiliation: Centre national hospitalier et universitaire Hubert Koutoukou Maga, faculté des sciences de la santé de l'université d'Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Bénin.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ezin-Houngbe
authors.affiliation: Centre national hospitalier et universitaire Hubert Koutoukou Maga, faculté des sciences de la santé de l'université d'Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Bénin.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Ahyi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014037:Togo / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Aged; Togo; epidemiology; psychiatric disorders; sub-Saharan Africa