Author(s)

Saliou Salifou^1*, Daméga Wenkourama², Sonia Kanekatoua³, Charfoundine Affo⁴, Yaovi Alofa¹, Kolou Simliwa Dassa³

¹Clinique Universitaire de Psychiatrie et de Psychologie Médicale, CHU Sylvanus Olympio-Lomé, Hôpital Psychiatrique de Zébé-Aného, Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo.
²Service de Psychiatrie, Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Kara, Kara, Togo.
³Clinique de Psychiatrie et de Psychologie Médicale, Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, CHU Campus, Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo.
⁴Clinique Médico-Psychiatrique de Lomé, Lomé, Togo.

Introduction: Schizoaffective disorder is a chronic psychotic disorder. It is characterized by the simultaneous presence of symptoms of a characterized mood disorder and symptoms of schizophrenia. Data on this disorder are almost non-existent in West Africa. The objective was to describe the epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic aspects of schizoaffective disorder at the Campus University Hospital Centre (CHU-Campus) of Lomé in Togo. Framework and Method: This was a retrospective study with a descriptive aim on patients hospitalized at the Clinic of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology (CPPM) of CHU-Campus from January 1st, 2013 to December 31, 2018. Results: A total of 46 patients were included in this study. Their mean age was 39.5 years with extremes ranging from 14 to 65 years. Females had predominated at 52.18% or a sex ratio of 0.91. Married people represented 47.83%. Primary education represented 34.80%. The unemployed were in the majority at 32.92%. Sixty-five point twenty two percent (65.22%) of the patients had a personal psychiatric history. All patients had presented with delusions plus other psychotic and mood symptoms. Almost all patients (97.82%) had received a thymoregulator associated with a first generation antipsychotic (95.65%). Conclusion: More studies should be done in our countries to describe the cultural aspects of this disease.

Schizoaffective Disorder, Epidemiology, Antipsychotics, Thymoregulators, Togo

Salifou, S. , Wenkourama, D. , Kanekatoua, S. , Affo, C. , Alofa, Y. and Dassa, K. (2022) Epidemiological, Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects of Schizoaffective Disorder at the CHU-Campus of Lomé (Togo). Health, 14, 322-329. doi: 10.4236/health.2022.143025.