Table 3

Comorbidity of mental health disorders with diagnostic categories of physical disorders

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)

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

Ndetei et al. Annals of General Psychiatry 2009 8:1   doi:10.1186/1744-859X-8-1

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