Protocol for a prospective descriptive prevalence study of catatonia in an acute mental health unit in urban South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Catatonia arises from serious mental, medical, neurological or toxic conditions. The prevalence range depends on the setting and the range is anything from 7% to 63% in other countries. South African prevalence rates are currently unknown. The proposed study is a quantitative descriptive study using the Bush Francis Catatonia Screening Instrument as a screening tool with a data capturing information sheet to extract clinical information from patient folders. The study will investigate: (1) prevalence of catatonia, (2) clinical and demographic correlates associated with catatonia, (3) predictors of catatonia, (4) response to treatment and (5) subjective experience of catatonia.

Methods and analysis

The setting is an acute mental health unit (MHU) within a regiona

SUBMITTER: Zingela Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7651726 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature