Sleep Disorders Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Asian J Psychiatr. 2017 Oct;29:103-105. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2017.04.025. Epub 2017 Apr 29.
Policies for mental health care are improving in Iran and accurate data is needed. There is no population based study about mental health from West of Iran.
The study population was the entire adult (18 years old and above) inhabitants of Kermanshah county (the city and the related rural area). This population was 656683 from whom 83.6% lived in urban area and 16.4% lived in rural area. General health questionnaire (GHQ)-28 was completed by a randomly selected cluster sample (84.1% response rate)of urban and rural area of Kermanshah county, 2015.
A positive result was achieved from 39.1% (out of 2102). It was not related to gender, age group, job or marital status but illiterate participants, and those with lower economic level had higher scores.
A considerable proportion of Kermanshah inhabitants, were screened positive for general health problems.
伊朗的精神卫生保健政策正在改善,因此需要准确的数据。目前还没有来自伊朗西部的基于人群的精神卫生研究。
研究人群为克尔曼沙阿县的所有成年人(18 岁及以上)居民(包括城市和相关农村地区)。该县总人口为 656683 人,其中 83.6%居住在城市,16.4%居住在农村。2015 年,对克尔曼沙阿县城乡地区进行了随机抽样(84.1%的应答率)的一般健康问卷(GHQ)-28 调查。
有 39.1%(2102 人中有 839 人)的结果呈阳性。这与性别、年龄组、职业或婚姻状况无关,但文化程度较低的参与者和经济水平较低的参与者得分较高。
相当一部分克尔曼沙阿县居民的一般健康问题筛查呈阳性。