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dc.contributor.authorNusrat Husainen_US
dc.contributor.authorNasim Chaudhryen_US
dc.contributor.authorFarhat Jafrien_US
dc.contributor.authorBarbara Tomensonen_US
dc.contributor.authorIshaq Surhanden_US
dc.contributor.authorIlyas Mirzaen_US
dc.contributor.authorImran B Chaudhryen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-06T07:22:44Z
dc.date.available2019-11-06T07:22:44Z
dc.date.issued2014-04
dc.identifier.issn2224-3151 (‎Print)‎
dc.identifier.issn2304-5272 (‎Electronic)‎
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.who.int/handle/10665/329736
dc.description.abstractBackground: 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 menen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWorld Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asiaen_US
dc.subjectFunctional disabilityen_US
dc.subjectlow-income countryen_US
dc.subjectpsychological stressen_US
dc.subjectrisk factorsen_US
dc.subjectsouth Asiaen_US
dc.titlePrevalence and risk factors for psychological distress and functional disability in urban Pakistanen_US
dc.typeJournal / periodical articlesen_US
dc.description.startpage144en_US
dc.description.endpage153en_US
dc.relation.ispartofjournalWHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Healthen_US
dc.relation.issue2en_US
dc.relation.volume3en_US


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