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Table 3 Comorbidity of mental health disorders with diagnostic categories of physical disorders

From: The prevalence of mental disorders in adults in different level general medical facilities in Kenya: a cross-sectional study

Categories of physical disorders

BDI, n (%)

LSAD, n (%)

NOK, n (%)

  

Endogenous

Anxiety neurosis

General depression

General anxiety

 

Cancer

89 (59.6)

91 (34.1)

19 (28.6)

91 (42.2)

88 (21.6)

84 (34.5)

Cardiovascular disease

43 (16.3)

46(19.6)

45 (4.4)

46 (13.0)

44 (0)

43 (14.0)

Diabetes mellitus

157 (37.6)

162 (9.3)

155 (7.1)

151 (17.2)

151 (6.6)

141 (11.3)

Eye problems

162 (15.4)

161 (19.9)

153 (7.8)

161 (21.7)

157 (8.9)

152 (15.8)

General surgery

69 (47.8)

75 (26.7)

67 (14.9)

73 (32.9)

68 (13.2)

64 (25.0)

Peptic ulcer disease

92 (46.7)

91 (25.3)

92 (13.0)

91 (28.6)

88 (14.8)

85 (29.4)

Respiratory system

121 (41.3)

120 (28.8)

116 (9.5)

119 (26.1)

118 (11.0)

107 (24.3)

Tuberculosis

102 (41.2)

103 (34.0)

103 (22.3)

104 (38.5)

102 (19.6)

89 (37.1)

Typhoid

43 (16.3)

46 (19.6)

45 (4.4)

46 (13.0)

44 (0)

43 (14.0)

Obstetrics

226 (35.4)

232 (14.2)

233 (5.2)

250 (19.2)

250 (4.8)

224 (11.6)

Infection

124 (35.5)

123 (21.1)

126 (6.3)

123 (23.6)

125 (8.0)

118 (15.3)

Malaria

164 (28.7)

152 (19.1)

148 (16.2)

152 (23.0)

143 (13.3)

132 (32.6)

Other medical conditions

73 (37.0)

76 (23.7)

73 (11.0)

76 (28.9)

76 (10.5)

70 (78.6)

Orthopaedic/soft tissue injury

299 (44.1)

311 (23.5)

296 (9.8)

312 (32.7)

293 (10.2)

279 (28.9)

Gynaecology

155 (47.1)

157 (15.3)

151 (4.6)

154 (17.5)

154 (5.2)

149 (10.7)

HIV/AIDS

23 (52.2)

22 (31.8)

21 (28.6)

20 (30.0)

20 (30.0)

17 (64.7)

Gastric ulcer

54 (46.3)

58 (25.9)

58 (6.9)

58 (32.8)

55 (12.7)

48 (27.1)

Pain

75 (42.7)

68 (22.1)

67 (10.4)

68 (22.1)

69 (11.6)

63 (27.0)

  1. BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; LSAD, Leeds Scale for the Self-Assessment of Anxiety and Depression; NOK, Ndetei-Othieno-Kathuku scale.