Table I.
Socio-demographic, clinical and psychiatric characteristics of patients in a ward, 2000
| HIV positive (N=60) |
HIV negative (N=146) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female (%) | 60 | 36 | 0.001 |
| Age (yrs) (%) | 30.2 | 30.6 | |
| 15 – 29 | 50 | 58 | |
| 30 – 39 | 37 | 20 | 0.02 |
| 40 – 49 | 13 | 12 | |
| ≥50 | 0 | 10 | |
| Black (%) | 100 | 100 | |
| Substance abuse (%) | |||
| Cannabis | 18 | 38 | 0.007 |
| Alcohol | 12 | 15 | |
| Mandrax | 1.5 | 0.5 | |
| Glue | 1.5 | 0.5 | |
| Physical findings (%) | |||
| Normal | 60 | 77 | |
| Chest infections | 13 | 2 | 0.001 |
| (pulmonary TB, pneumonia) | |||
| CNS infections | 13 | 8 | 0.04 |
| (e.g. cryptococcal meningitis) | |||
| Chronic disorders | 8 | 8 | |
| (e.g. hypertension, asthma) | |||
| Symptoms | |||
| Hallucinations – | 65 | 63 | |
| any type (%) | |||
| Auditory only | 37 | 41 | |
| Visual only | 2 | 14 | 0.009 |
| Auditory and visual | 25 | 8 | |
| Auditory and tactile | 2 | 1 | |
| Mood symptoms: any (%) | 40 | 29 | |
| Depressive symptoms | 18 | 12 | |
| Manic symptoms | 22 | 17 | |
| Formal thought | 10 | 15 | |
| disorder (%) | |||
| Abnormal behaviour (%) | 67 | 74 | |
| Aggression (%) | 52 | 43 | |
| Delusions (any type) (%) | 48 | 54 | |
| Psychosis (%) | 90 | 90 | |
| Total stay in hospital (days) | 10.8 | 14 | 0.05 |
CNS = central nervous system.