Alghadeer Sultan M, Alhossan Abdulaziz M, Al-Arifi Mohamed N, Alrabiah Zyad S, Ali Syed W, Babelghaith Salmeen D, Altamimi Mohammed A
Department of Basic Sciences and Clinical Pharmacy, Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz College for Emergency Medical Services, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail:
Neurosciences (Riyadh). 2018 Jul;23(3):239-243. doi: 10.17712/nsj.2018.3.20180058.
To assess the prevalence of common mental disorders at primary health care (PHC) centers in Saudi Arabia using the Self-Reporting Questionnaire.
This was a cross-sectional study carried out at a single PHC center in Riyadh city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A self-medication questionnaire was utilized to collect the data. The prevalence of mental disorders has assessed by the Self-Reporting Questionnaire that consists of 20 items with binary answers (Yes/No).
This study reports that the prevalence of mental disorders among patients attended primary health care center was 28.5%. Moreover, prevalence did not significant differ by sociodemographic (p>0.05).
The prevalence of mental disorders was slight high. The rates of untreated mental disorders necessitate the healthcare makers in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to implement efficient strategies to halt the progression of untreated mental disorders.
使用自填问卷评估沙特阿拉伯初级卫生保健（PHC）中心常见精神障碍的患病率。
这是一项在沙特阿拉伯王国利雅得市的一个初级卫生保健中心进行的横断面研究。使用自填式问卷调查收集数据。精神障碍的患病率通过由20个二元答案（是/否）项目组成的自填问卷进行评估。
本研究报告称，在初级卫生保健中心就诊的患者中精神障碍的患病率为28.5%。此外，患病率在社会人口统计学方面没有显著差异（p>0.05）。
精神障碍的患病率略高。未治疗的精神障碍发生率促使沙特阿拉伯王国的医疗保健制定者实施有效策略以阻止未治疗精神障碍的进展。
