OBJECTIVE: To investigate the performance of the Xhosa Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version 2.3 (DISC-2.3) in a community study of African children and adolescents in Khayelitsha, a largely informal settlement area in Cape Town, South Africa. METHOD: A cross-sectional community study of 500 youths aged 6 to 16 years was undertaken using a systematic sampling strategy based on random starting points in the community. Three trained Xhosa-speaking lay interviewers administered the DISC-2.3 to youths and their parents in their homes. Additional questions included degree of impairment, selected risk factors, and service use. RESULTS: The administration of the Xhosa DISC-2.3 in an informal settlement area was both feasible and acceptable to respondents. Psychiatric disorder with impairment was recorded for 76 (15.2%) of the children and adolescents. Consultation had been sought in only 20 cases, mostly from medical doctors, except for 3 who had attended indigenous healers. Rates of disorder were significantly higher among respondents who were living in unserviced areas or who came from homes where food was needed. CONCLUSIONS: The DISC is a potentially useful instrument even in the presence of major constraints on conducting epidemiological research.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the performance of the Xhosa Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version 2.3 (DISC-2.3) in a community study of African children and adolescents in Khayelitsha, a largely informal settlement area in Cape Town, South Africa. METHOD: A cross-sectional community study of 500 youths aged 6 to 16 years was undertaken using a systematic sampling strategy based on random starting points in the community. Three trained Xhosa-speaking lay interviewers administered the DISC-2.3 to youths and their parents in their homes. Additional questions included degree of impairment, selected risk factors, and service use. RESULTS: The administration of the Xhosa DISC-2.3 in an informal settlement area was both feasible and acceptable to respondents. Psychiatric disorder with impairment was recorded for 76 (15.2%) of the children and adolescents. Consultation had been sought in only 20 cases, mostly from medical doctors, except for 3 who had attended indigenous healers. Rates of disorder were significantly higher among respondents who were living in unserviced areas or who came from homes where food was needed. CONCLUSIONS: The DISC is a potentially useful instrument even in the presence of major constraints on conducting epidemiological research.
Authors: Rebekka Mumm; Sonia Diaz-Monsalve; Eva Hänselmann; Johanna Freund; Michael Wirsching; Jan Gärtner; Richard Gminski; Katrin Vögtlin; Mirjam Körner; Lena Zirn; Ursula Wittwer-Backofen; Tolu Oni; Axel Kroeger Journal: Pathog Glob Health Date: 2017-01-17 Impact factor: 2.894
Authors: Carla Sharp; Donald Skinner; Motsaathebe Serekoane; Michael W Ross Journal: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol Date: 2010-06-06 Impact factor: 4.328