Arab Men and Women’s Conceptualization of Mental Health and Depression: A Qualitative Study from the Middle East
| Autor: | Tam Truong Donnelly, Rajvir Singh, Awad Al-Qahtani, Jassim Al Suwaidi, Nidal Asaad |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male Gerontology Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology Interviews as Topic Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Social support 0302 clinical medicine Health care medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Qualitative Research Depression (differential diagnoses) Depressive Disorder 030505 public health business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Mental illness medicine.disease Mental health Arabs Mental Health Sociology of health and illness Female Thematic analysis 0305 other medical science business Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 21:1102-1114 |
| ISSN: | 1557-1920 1557-1912 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10903-018-0809-3 |
| Popis: | Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. Among cardiovascular patients, depression is associated with an increased morbidity and mortality. Understanding how depression is conceptualized from cardiovascular patients' perspective can help with prevention, early detection, and treatment for depression. This might reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, and save health care costs. To the best of our knowledge, there is no study in the Gulf region exploring depression among Arab cardiovascular patients. The purpose of this exploratory ethnographic qualitative research is to investigate how Arab male and female patients with cardiovascular disease conceptualize mental health and depression. Two theoretical frameworks guided this research: (1) The Ecological Perspective, and (2) Kleinman's Explanatory Model of Health and Illness. Using maximum variation purposive sampling, thirty (30) male and twenty-five (25) female, self-identified, Arab cardiovascular patients were recruited as research participants. Individual in-depth interviews were conducted using a semi-structured questionnaire. Thematic analysis was performed to generate themes. Nvivo 10, a qualitative data analysis software, was used to organize the narrative data. The participants in this study placed great emphasis on the manifestations of mental illness and their impact on both themselves and their families. Four major themes were identified from their narratives: psychological and physical disturbances; unfavorable personal characteristics; work issues and financial constraints; lack of family and social support. The knowledge generated in this study might help increase awareness, prevention of and treatment for depression among cardiovascular patients in Qatar. The findings from this study can also be used to inform a multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral intervention approach that is contextualized to meet the mental health care needs of Arab cardiovascular patients, thus reducing cardiovascular diseases morbidity and mortality in Qatar and the Gulf region. |
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