Psychiatric Morbidity among a Sample of Orphanage Children in Cairo

Table 5

(a) Psychiatric diagnoses of the orphans in relation to variables. (b) Psychiatric diagnoses of the orphans in relation to variables.

(a)

Variables	Enuresis		ADHD		Separation anxiety disorder		Oppositional defiant disorder		Speech disorders		Sleep disorders
	𝑛	𝑃	𝑛	𝑃	𝑛	𝑃	𝑛	𝑃	𝑛	𝑃	𝑛	𝑃
Gender
Male	45	0.108	37	0.732	13	0.388	32	0.786	4	0.286	22	0.623
Female	16		15		6		14		0		6
Age (years)
6–8	33		18		12		18		2		14
8–10	12	0.0368	19	0.055	1	0.0001*	21	0.641	1	0.844	6	0.399
10–12	16		15		6		7		1		6
Reason of institutionalization
Abandonment	30		30		14		26		3		13
Orphanage	14	0.732	13	0.5	2	0.0001*	14	0.348	1	0.577	1	0.0001*
Disturbed family integrity	17		9		3		6		0		14
Moves between institutions
1	27		39		8		24		4		12
2	28	0.546	13	0.0857	9	0.355	15	0.331	0	0.001*	10	0.449
3	6		0		2		7		0		6
Sex of caregiver
Male	13	0.202	15	0.936	7	0.584	4	0.941	1	0.0001*	5	0.601
Female	84		37		12		42		3		23
Stability of caregiver
Stable >6 months	42	0.972	37	0.935	15	0.453	32	0.914	1	0.0001*	19	0.593
Unstable	20		15		4		14		3		9
Length of institutionalization
Less than 2 years	37	0.357	43	0.793	15	0.366	37	0.968	1	0.017*	22	0.623
More than 2 years	24		9		4		9		3		6

𝑃<0.05 Significant, *Significant, n: number, ADHD: attention deficit hyperkinetic disorder.

(b)

Variables	Conduct disorders		Depression		Tics		Learning disorders		Dysthymia		Schizophrenia
	𝑛	𝑃	𝑛	𝑃	𝑛	𝑃	𝑛	𝑃	𝑛	𝑃	𝑛	𝑃
Gender
Male	38	0.907	16	0.360	1	0.001*	4	0.004*	1	0.001*	0	0.0001*
Female	8		3		1		2		1		1
Age (years)
6–8	11		10		0		3		0		0
8–10	12	0.279	5	0.923	1	0.844	0	0.623	2	0.0001*	1	0.661
10–12	3		4		1		3		0		0
Reason for institutionalization
Abandonment	10		6		1		3		2		1
Orphanage	11	0.620	8	0.290	1	0.619	2	0.086	0	0.094	0	0.391
Disturbed family integrity	5		5		0		1		0		0
Moves between institutions
1	16		8		0		1		1		0
2	6	0.492	7	0.357	2	0.279	2	0.216	0	0.546	1	0.923
3	4		4		0		1		0		0
Sex of caregiver
Male	3	0.538	7	0.584	0	0.0001*	1	0.0001*	2	0.125	0	0.215
Female	23		12		2		5		1		1
Stability of caregiver
Stable >6 months	17	0.507	10	0.575	2	0.123	3	0.018*	0	0.003*	0	0.235
Unstable	9		9		0		3		2		1
Length of institutionalization
Less than 2 years	19	0.489	13	0.387	0	0.0001*	4	0.043*	1	0.001*	0	0.007*
More than 2 years	7		6		2		2		1		1

𝑃<0.05 significant, *Statistically significant.