dc.contributor.author | Nusrat Husain | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Nasim Chaudhry | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Farhat Jafri | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Barbara Tomenson | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ishaq Surhand | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ilyas Mirza | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Imran B Chaudhry | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-06T07:22:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-06T07:22:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-04 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2224-3151 (Print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2304-5272 (Electronic) | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/329736 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: There is a close association between poor mental health statusand both poor physical health and decreased productivity. An evidence base onthe risk factors for psychological distress in low-income countries is lacking and ismuch needed to help develop appropriate interventions. We aimed to estimate theprevalence of psychological distress in urban Pakistan and identify associated riskfactors and functional disability.Methods: This was a population-based study of 18–75-year-olds in urban Pakistan.The Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ) was offered to 1000 adults to measurepsychological distress. The Life Events Checklist, Oslo-3 for Social Support andBrief Disability Questionnaires were used to establish social stressors, supportand functional disability.Results: Questionnaires were completed by 880 (94%) eligible participants, ofwhom 41% of women and 19% of men scored 9 or more on the SRQ (possible range0–20). Low educational status was associated with high rates of psychologicaldistress. Women had significantly higher levels of distress than men and were lesslikely to receive practical support.Conclusions: The prevalence of psychological distress was lower in urbanKarachi than that reported previously for rural Punjab province, Pakistan. However,in urban Karachi, as in rural Punjab, socioeconomic status seemed to have moreof an impact on the mental health of women than that of men | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia | en_US |
dc.subject | Functional disability | en_US |
dc.subject | low-income country | en_US |
dc.subject | psychological stress | en_US |
dc.subject | risk factors | en_US |
dc.subject | south Asia | en_US |
dc.title | Prevalence and risk factors for psychological distress and functional disability in urban Pakistan | en_US |
dc.type | Journal / periodical articles | en_US |
dc.description.startpage | 144 | en_US |
dc.description.endpage | 153 | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health | en_US |
dc.relation.issue | 2 | en_US |
dc.relation.volume | 3 | en_US |