A Survey on Mental Health Status of Adult Population Aged 15 and above in the Province of Yazd, Iran.

Autor: Noorbala AA; Psychosomatic Medicine Research Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Bagheri Yazdi SA; Department of Mental Health, Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran, Tehran, Iran., Faghihzadeh S; Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran., Kamali K; Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran., Faghihzadeh E; Department of Biostatistics, Paramedical School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Hajebi A; Research Center for Addiction and Risky Behaviors (ReCARB), Psychiatric Department, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Akhondzadeh S; Psychiatric Research Center, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Yasini Ardekani SM; Depratment of Psychiatry, Research center of Addiction and Behavioral Sciences, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran., Farahzadi MH; Research Center of Addiction and Behavioral Sciences, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran., Zare F; Mental Health Expertise of Yazd Provincial Health Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Archives of Iranian medicine [Arch Iran Med] 2017 Nov 01; Vol. 20 (11 Suppl. 1), pp. S123-S126. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Nov 01.
Abstrakt: Introduction: This research aims to determine the mental health status of population aged 15 and over in the province of Yazd in 2015.
Method: This cross-sectional field study was conducted on the residents of both urban and rural areas of the Yazd province. Through systematic random cluster sampling, 1200 individuals were selected from the residents of urban and rural areas of Yazd, Ardekan and Meybod. The 28-item version of the General Health Questionnaire was applied as the screening tool. The data were analyzed using SPSS, version 18.0 for windows.
Results: This study indicates that through traditional scoring method, 26.7% of study population were highly suspicious for psychiatric disorders (32.1% of females and 21.4% of males). The prevalence of probable psychiatric disorders in urban areas (28.7%) was higher than the prevalence in rural areas (21.3%). The prevalence of probable somatization and anxiety was higher than the prevalence of social dysfunction and depression, and also the prevalence of these disorders was higher in women. The findings of this study show that the prevalence of probable psychiatric disorders has a direct relationship with increasing age and the prevalence of such disorders is higher in women, urban residents, individuals aged more than 65, divorced and widowed individuals, illiterate and unemployed people.
Conclusion: The results of this study show that more than one quarter of study population were suspicious for psychiatric disorders and the prevalence of these disorders increased from 11.8% to 26.7% since 1999. So, health authorities in this province have to do their best for provision, maintenance and improvement of mental health.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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