沙特阿拉伯信仰疗法访客中心理障碍的流行情况。
The prevalence of psychiatric disorders among visitors to faith healers in Saudi Arabia.
机构信息
Fahad D. Alosaimi, MD, Assistant Professor, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Youssef Alshehri MD, Senior Registrar, Prince Sultan Medical Military City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
出版信息
Pak J Med Sci. 2014 Sep;30(5):1077-82. doi: 10.12669/pjms.305.5434.
OBJECTIVE
We investigated the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among visitors to Faith Healers (FHs) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We also studied the sociodemographic profiles for these visitors, in addition to their past psychiatric history, reason(s) for seeking FH help, and past and current treatment experience with FHs.
METHODS
We conducted a cross-sectional study among the visitors (n=321) to a number of faith healing settings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia using a specially designed questionnaire and validated Arabic version of The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview.
RESULTS
Most of the participants were young adults (35.1±10.8 years) and males with intermediate and secondary levels of education who had not sought medical help prior to their visits. A high proportion of the FH visitors have diagnosable mental illnesses. Depressive and anxiety disorders were the most prevalent among the study participants; few visitors were affected by psychotic or bipolar disorders.
CONCLUSIONS
The present study provides insight for understanding the type of patients with psychiatric disorders who visit Faith Healers.(FHs). The study highlights the tendency of psychiatric patients in Saudi Arabia to visit FHs, which could reflect the importance of further studies to clarify the impact of FHs on the management of those patients.
目的
我们调查了沙特阿拉伯利雅得的信仰治疗师（FH）来访者中精神障碍的患病率。我们还研究了这些来访者的社会人口统计学特征，包括他们的既往精神病史、寻求 FH 帮助的原因、既往和目前 FH 治疗的经历。
方法
我们对沙特阿拉伯利雅得的一些信仰治疗场所的来访者（n=321）进行了横断面研究，使用专门设计的问卷和经过验证的阿拉伯语版《迷你国际神经精神访谈》。
结果
大多数参与者是年轻人（35.1±10.8 岁）和男性，具有中等和中等以下教育程度，在就诊前没有寻求过医疗帮助。相当一部分 FH 来访者患有可诊断的精神疾病。抑郁和焦虑障碍是研究参与者中最常见的；少数来访者受精神病或双相情感障碍的影响。
结论
本研究为了解前往信仰治疗师（FH）的精神障碍患者类型提供了深入了解。该研究强调了沙特阿拉伯精神疾病患者前往 FH 的倾向，这可能反映了进一步研究以阐明 FH 对这些患者管理的影响的重要性。
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