The Epidemiology of Pediatric Mental Disorders in Child Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic at Dr. Soetomo General Hospital Surabaya, Indonesia

Abstract

Background: Mental disorders in children need special interventions to ensure better quality of life. The epidemiology of pediatric mental disorders is needed to prepare sufficient facilities for their treatment. Purpose: The aim of this study is to describe the epidemiology of pediatric mental disorders in child psychiatric outpatient clinic at Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya in the year 2019 and 2020. Methods: This study is a descriptive observational study that uses the medical records of pediatric patients with mental disorders at the child psychiatric outpatient clinic at Dr. Soetomo General Hospital between January 2019 and December 2020. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: There were a total of 2773 patient visits to the child psychiatric outpatient clinic of Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya between January 2019 and December 2020. Patient visits were 51.37% lower in 2020 compared to 2019. Autism (atypical and childhood autism) is the most frequent cases diagnosed in child psychiatric outpatient clinic of Dr. Soetomo General Hospital in 2019 and 2020. Conclusions: There is a decrease of patient visits in child psychiatric outpatient clinic at Dr. Soetomo General Hospital starting from the second quarter of 2020. Most cases diagnosed in both 2019 and 2020 were Atypical autism, ADHD with predominant inattentive presentation, and Childhood autism.