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PREVALENCE OF SOMATIZATION AND MINOR PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PRIMARY HEALTHCARE IN SAUDI ARABIA: A PRELIMINARY STUDY IN ASIR REGION

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of psychological disorders and somatization among primary care patients from a semi-urban area of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. DESIGN: Screening of consecutive patients with the 12-item and 28-item versions of the General Health Questionnaires and assessments o...

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Autores principales: Alqahtani, Mohammed M., Salmon, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3377053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23012164
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description OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of psychological disorders and somatization among primary care patients from a semi-urban area of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. DESIGN: Screening of consecutive patients with the 12-item and 28-item versions of the General Health Questionnaires and assessments of physical symptoms associated with somatization, using the HSCL-12. Eight primary care health centres in Assir, Saudi Arabia. RESULTS: About half of the sample had one or more psychological disorders. The prevalence of somatization detected by the GHQ-28 was 16%. The prevalence of somatization indicated by GPs’ identification of medically unexplained symptoms was 14%. Women displayed higher levels of somatization than men. CONCLUSION: This study reported prevalence of psychological disorders that was as high as found in the more modern areas of Saudi Arabia such as Riyadh. The view that individuals in less open areas are protected from psychological disorders associated with stress and lifestyle pressure seems to be unsubstantiated. The results highlight the potential value of screening for psychological disorders using such simple instruments as the GHQ
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spelling pubmed-33770532012-09-24 PREVALENCE OF SOMATIZATION AND MINOR PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PRIMARY HEALTHCARE IN SAUDI ARABIA: A PRELIMINARY STUDY IN ASIR REGION Alqahtani, Mohammed M. Salmon, Peter J Family Community Med Original Article OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of psychological disorders and somatization among primary care patients from a semi-urban area of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. DESIGN: Screening of consecutive patients with the 12-item and 28-item versions of the General Health Questionnaires and assessments of physical symptoms associated with somatization, using the HSCL-12. Eight primary care health centres in Assir, Saudi Arabia. RESULTS: About half of the sample had one or more psychological disorders. The prevalence of somatization detected by the GHQ-28 was 16%. The prevalence of somatization indicated by GPs’ identification of medically unexplained symptoms was 14%. Women displayed higher levels of somatization than men. CONCLUSION: This study reported prevalence of psychological disorders that was as high as found in the more modern areas of Saudi Arabia such as Riyadh. The view that individuals in less open areas are protected from psychological disorders associated with stress and lifestyle pressure seems to be unsubstantiated. The results highlight the potential value of screening for psychological disorders using such simple instruments as the GHQ Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC3377053/ /pubmed/23012164 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family and Community Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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PREVALENCE OF SOMATIZATION AND MINOR PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PRIMARY HEALTHCARE IN SAUDI ARABIA: A PRELIMINARY STUDY IN ASIR REGION
title PREVALENCE OF SOMATIZATION AND MINOR PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PRIMARY HEALTHCARE IN SAUDI ARABIA: A PRELIMINARY STUDY IN ASIR REGION
title_full PREVALENCE OF SOMATIZATION AND MINOR PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PRIMARY HEALTHCARE IN SAUDI ARABIA: A PRELIMINARY STUDY IN ASIR REGION
title_fullStr PREVALENCE OF SOMATIZATION AND MINOR PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PRIMARY HEALTHCARE IN SAUDI ARABIA: A PRELIMINARY STUDY IN ASIR REGION
title_full_unstemmed PREVALENCE OF SOMATIZATION AND MINOR PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PRIMARY HEALTHCARE IN SAUDI ARABIA: A PRELIMINARY STUDY IN ASIR REGION
title_short PREVALENCE OF SOMATIZATION AND MINOR PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PRIMARY HEALTHCARE IN SAUDI ARABIA: A PRELIMINARY STUDY IN ASIR REGION
title_sort prevalence of somatization and minor psychiatric morbidity in primary healthcare in saudi arabia: a preliminary study in asir region
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3377053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23012164
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