| Autor: |
Mosaku SK, Erhabor GE, Morakinyo O |
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International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine; 2007, Vol. 37 Issue 2, p151-161, 11p |
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OBJECTIVE: This study was to identify specific psychiatric morbidity among asthma patients and to compare their rates to controls. METHOD: Hundred consecutive asthmatics were screened using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-30), and the Present State Examination (PSE). The same instruments were also administered to 75 healthy individuals, and 75 orthopaedic patients. RESULTS: Patients with asthma had a higher occurrence of psychopathology. The specific psychiatric diagnoses among asthmatics were generalized anxiety disorder (23%), depressive disorder (11%), while 2% had panic disorder. CONCLUSION: Psychiatric morbidity is more common among asthmatics, than the general population and other patient group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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