The goal of this study was to determine and evaluate the treatment routes for children and adolescents who presented to child psychiatry and paediatric neurology clinics in South West Nigeria.
Research Design: This was a cross-sectional comparative study.
Between February and May 2017, the Departments of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Paediatrics at University College Hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria, conducted research.
Methodology: To analyse 114 individuals (57 in each group) recruited sequentially into the research, a sociodemographic questionnaire and the World Health Organization's (WHO) route encounter form were employed. The time it took for the two groups to seek orthodox and specialist treatment was compared using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, and qualitative comments concerning obstacles to care were analysed using Atlas Ti software.
Both groups had somewhat more men than females, and the average age of the participants was 9.87 years (SD =5.52). Participants in the paediatric neurology group were substantially more likely than their child psychiatry counterparts to seek traditional care at their initial point of contact: 41 (71.93 percent) vs. 18 (31.58 percent); P.0.001. The median survival time to traditional medical therapy differed significantly between the two groups: paediatric neurology 8 weeks (IQR =23.79) vs. child psychiatry 192 weeks (IQR =80; P 0.001). The median survival time to specialist care did not differ significantly between the two groups. In all groups, access to traditional medical care was hampered by a lack of funds, the need to take time from work regularly, and significant distances to the hospital.
Conclusions: Our findings point to the necessity for continued campaigning in the poor world to improve access to conventional healthcare for kids with mental and neurological illnesses.
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