A Study Of Depression Among Orthopaedic Patients At The National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, Nigeria

📄 Project Abstract

Musculoskeletal disorders are of great concern because of the tendency to long-term disabling nature. The experience of trauma and pain all combine to worsen this. They are commonly accompanied by depression. Moreover, the psychological aspects of this remain largely unattended to. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of depression among orthopaedic inpatients, and to compare the finding with that from a control group. One hundred and thirty four patients, admitted to the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, who met the inclusion criteria were studied. They were interviewed using a socio-demographic and 2 psychiatric instruments: the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV diagnosis (SCID) and the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). An equal number of control group, matched for age and sex, were also studied for comparison purposes. Data were analysed using the 10th version of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS-10). The index samp...