Prevalence of Psychotic Symptoms and Their Risk Factors in Urban Tanzania

This study aimed to determine the prevalence of psychotic symptoms in urban Tanzania and their relationship with demographic, socio-economic and social factors. A random sample of 899 adults aged 15–59 was surveyed. The main outcome measure was endorsement of one or more psychotic symptoms identifie...

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Autores principales: Jenkins, Rachel, Mbatia, Joseph, Singleton, Nicola, White, Bethany
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2905564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20644687
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph7062514
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author Jenkins, Rachel
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description This study aimed to determine the prevalence of psychotic symptoms in urban Tanzania and their relationship with demographic, socio-economic and social factors. A random sample of 899 adults aged 15–59 was surveyed. The main outcome measure was endorsement of one or more psychotic symptoms identified by the Psychosis Screening Questionnaire. 3.9% respondents reported one or more psychotic symptoms in the preceding year. Significantly higher rates of symptoms were found in those who had recently experienced two or more stressful life events, those with CMD and people who had used cannabis in the preceding year.
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spelling pubmed-29055642010-07-19 Prevalence of Psychotic Symptoms and Their Risk Factors in Urban Tanzania Jenkins, Rachel Mbatia, Joseph Singleton, Nicola White, Bethany Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study aimed to determine the prevalence of psychotic symptoms in urban Tanzania and their relationship with demographic, socio-economic and social factors. A random sample of 899 adults aged 15–59 was surveyed. The main outcome measure was endorsement of one or more psychotic symptoms identified by the Psychosis Screening Questionnaire. 3.9% respondents reported one or more psychotic symptoms in the preceding year. Significantly higher rates of symptoms were found in those who had recently experienced two or more stressful life events, those with CMD and people who had used cannabis in the preceding year. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2010-06 2010-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC2905564/ /pubmed/20644687 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph7062514 Text en © 2007 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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