Numan Nabil
National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Addiction. 2004 Jan;99(1):61-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00570.x.
The present study was aimed at assessing associations between psychological symptoms and khat use in the Yemeni population.
The survey was performed in 2000/2001, in different zones including three urban and three rural areas.
The survey was carried out in 800 Yemeni adults (15-76), both male and female, representing mainly urban populations of students, state employees and housewives.
A cross-sectional survey was undertaken using face-to-face interviews and no preset selection criteria regarding profession, socio-economic status, age or gender.
The Symptoms Checklist-90 (SCL-90) was used containing 90 items, which cover nine scales of the following domains: somatization, depression, anxiety, phobia, hostility, interpersonal sensitivity, obsessive-compulsive, hostility, interpersonal sensitivity, paranoia and psychoticism. Details of khat use and socio-demographic data were also collected.
At least one life-time episode of khat use was reported in 81.6% of men and 43.3% of women. Male users tended to use more frequently. The incidence of adverse psychological symptoms was not greater in khat users; in fact, there was a negative association between the incidence of phobic symptoms and khat use.
Khat use is very common in the Yemeni population, particularly men, but it is not associated with adverse psychological symptoms.
本研究旨在评估也门人群中心理症状与巧茶使用之间的关联。
该调查于2000/2001年在不同地区进行，包括三个城市地区和三个农村地区。
对800名也门成年人（15 - 76岁）进行了调查，男女皆有，主要代表城市中的学生、国家雇员和家庭主妇群体。
采用面对面访谈进行横断面调查，对职业、社会经济地位、年龄或性别没有预设的选择标准。
使用包含90个项目的症状自评量表90（SCL - 90），其涵盖以下九个领域的九个量表：躯体化、抑郁、焦虑、恐惧、敌对、人际敏感、强迫、敌对、人际敏感、偏执和精神病性。还收集了巧茶使用的详细信息和社会人口统计学数据。
81.6%的男性和43.3%的女性报告至少有过一次终生巧茶使用经历。男性使用者往往使用更频繁。巧茶使用者中不良心理症状的发生率并不更高；事实上，恐惧症状的发生率与巧茶使用之间存在负相关。
巧茶使用在也门人群中非常普遍，尤其是男性，但它与不良心理症状无关。
