SCHIZOPHRENIA PREVALENCE AT THE FEDERAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE
JOSHUA OGIANGBE IDIAKE1*, NAOMI ISABEL AIKA1
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Beninia
Afr. J Pharm Res Dev; Volume 18(1): 608-617 ; 2026
ABSTRACT
To assess the prevalence of schizophrenia in the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Uselu, Benin City. The Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Uselu, Benin City, was the site of this retrospective investigation. Data on patient demographics and illness prevalence patterns were gathered from the case notes (January 2019–December 2021) at the records department using a data collection form and a systematic sampling technique. Ethical approval was obtained from the ethics committee of the hospital. SPSS version 21.0 was used to analyze the data, which were then presented as percentages and frequencies. Chi-square was used to do inferential statistics. A P value less than 0.05 was found to be statistically significant. During the review period, 23.81% of patients who attended the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Uselu, Benin City, had schizophrenia. Males (52.2%) and patients aged 20-39 (59.7%) had higher prevalence. Approximately twenty-three percent of the cases were smokers, and twenty-one percent were alcohol consumers. Only 19.5% of the patients had co-morbid conditions, with hypertension being the most common (43.1%), and a sizable portion of the participants were jobless (40.3%). The most common kind of schizophrenia was paranoid schizophrenia (53.8%). The most common presenting symptoms were hallucinations (73%) and delusions (60.8%). Age and sex were shown to have a statistically significant impact on the prevalence of schizophrenia (P<0.05). The prevalence of Schizophrenia disorder in Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Uselu, Benin City was 23.81%. It was found to be more prevalent in young males and the unemployed.
Keywords: Schizophrenia, Prevalence, Hospital, Psychiatry
Email of correspondence: Joshua.idiake@uniben.edu;
https://doi.org/10.59493/ajopred/2026.1.21 ISSN: 0794-800X (print); 1596-2431 (online)