Zaidan Z, Alwash R, Al-Hussaini A, Al-Jarrah M
Department of Behavioural Medicine, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O.Box: 35, Postal Code: 123, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
J Sci Res Med Sci. 2000 Jan;2(1):43-7.
To study the psychiatric morbidity in the northern part of Jordan and to determine the frequency distribution of various psychiatric disorders, for planning services.
All records of 2,335 psychiatric patients attending the only psychiatric clinic in Northern part of Jordan during a ten-year period from 1984 to 1993 were extensively reviewed and subjected to computerized analysis. Diagnosis was made as per ICD-9.
Out of the 2335 patients who attended the clinic, 55% were males and 45% were females. Those in the age group 25-44 recorded the maximum attendance. Among the male attendees of the clinic, schizophrenia was the commonest diagnosis(19.9%), while among females, affective disorders were the commonest(15.9%).
Schizophrenia was found to be the commonest diagnosis in general among attendance of the clinic for the ten-year research period, while anxiety disorders were the commonest diagnosis among attendance of the clinic for the year 1993.
研究约旦北部的精神疾病发病率，并确定各种精神障碍的频率分布，以便规划服务。
对1984年至1993年十年间约旦北部唯一一家精神病诊所的2335名精神病患者的所有记录进行了广泛审查，并进行了计算机分析。诊断依据国际疾病分类第九版（ICD - 9）进行。
在就诊的2335名患者中，55%为男性，45%为女性。年龄在25 - 44岁的人群就诊人数最多。在诊所的男性就诊者中，精神分裂症是最常见的诊断（19.9%），而在女性中，情感障碍是最常见的（15.9%）。
在为期十年的研究期间，精神分裂症是诊所就诊患者中最常见的诊断，而1993年诊所就诊患者中最常见的诊断是焦虑症。
