Psychopathological Symptoms among Medical and Non-Medical Leadership and Supervisory Employees of Two University Teaching Hospitals

Empirical information on the psychological health of medical and non-medical employee and employee leaders in Nigeria is yet to be adequately represented in literature. The present study was set to fill this gap. 180 hospital employee leaders (medical and non-medical) who were purposely selected responded to Awaritefe Psychological Index (API) Form X and a structured questionnaire. The results depict a high prevalence of psychopathological symptoms with General psychopathology being the highest at 38.3% and General Somatic disorder and Insomnia trailing closely at 35.0% and 34.3%.  Mood disorder, Head disorder and Alimentary Track disorder followed with 32.2%, 27.8% and 26.1% respectively. 47.1% of the 38.3% of hospital employee leaders require some intervention. Females reported higher symptoms scores for Mood disorder, Alimentary Track disorder and General Somatic disorder (.028, .014 and .015 respectively). Non-medical staff reported higher symptoms scores for Insomnia and Intellectual disorder (.001 and .001 respectively). There is also a significant difference in the psychopathology scores of the hospital employees based on their job designation levels at the p<.05 level. Finding may be useful in helping researchers and executives of health administration develop intervention programs to improve the mental health of medical and non-medical employees in Nigeria.