Aljurbua Faisal I, Selaihem Ahmed, Alomari Naif A, Alrashoud Abdualziz M
Family Medicine Resident, Family Medicine Academy, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Internal Medicine Resident, King Salman Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Oct;10(10):3644-3649. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_847_21. Epub 2021 Nov 5.
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is often described than define as a psychological illness that is characterized by excessive worry. Little attention has been given to anxiety disorders by the medical community in Saudi Arabia. This study was carried out to screen for GAD among adults and determine the correlation of anxiety disorder with other comorbidities.
This study was a cross-sectional observational study carried out among adults aged 18 years and above in the general population in Saudi Arabia. The people were screened by using an Arabic validated version of General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) questionnaire that was sent as a Google link via emails or different social media (Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram groups) of the general population. The study was approved by the hospital research committee and the Institutional Review Board (HlRI-05-Apr21-01).
We collected 338 participants in response to our questionnaire where 60.7% of them were females and 54.5% were aged between 25 and 34 years old. hypersensitivity, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), hypertension and diabetes mellitus (DM) were the main medical conditions represented by 7.6%, 4.8%, 3.7%, and 3.4%. According to GAD-7 questionnaire, prevalence of any degree of anxiety was 62.1% where 33.1% of the total sample had mild anxiety, 15.7% had a moderate degree of anxiety and 13.3% had severe anxiety. Anxiety was related to age, residency, occupation, and some medical conditions.
We found high prevalence of anxiety among our population which was the highest among younger participants, and students. Moreover, we found that prevalence and severity of anxiety were higher in patients with chronic conditions and depressed patients.
广泛性焦虑障碍（GAD）通常被描述而非定义为一种以过度担忧为特征的心理疾病。沙特阿拉伯的医学界对焦虑症关注甚少。本研究旨在筛查成年人中的广泛性焦虑障碍，并确定焦虑症与其他合并症之间的相关性。
本研究是一项横断面观察性研究，在沙特阿拉伯普通人群中对18岁及以上的成年人进行。通过使用阿拉伯语验证版的广泛性焦虑障碍-7（GAD-7）问卷进行筛查，该问卷通过电子邮件或普通人群的不同社交媒体（推特、脸书、WhatsApp和Telegram群组）以谷歌链接的形式发送。该研究得到了医院研究委员会和机构审查委员会（HlRI-05-Apr21-01）的批准。
我们共收集到338名参与者对问卷的回复，其中60.7%为女性，54.5%年龄在25至34岁之间。超敏反应、类风湿性关节炎（RA）、高血压和糖尿病（DM）是主要的疾病状况，分别占7.6%、4.8%、3.7%和3.4%。根据GAD-7问卷，任何程度焦虑的患病率为62.1%，其中总样本的33.1%有轻度焦虑，15.7%有中度焦虑，13.3%有重度焦虑。焦虑与年龄、居住情况、职业和一些疾病状况有关。
我们发现我们的人群中焦虑患病率很高，在年轻参与者和学生中最高。此外，我们发现慢性病患者和抑郁症患者的焦虑患病率和严重程度更高。
