Psychological distress among patients of an orthopaedic outpatient clinic: a study from a low-income country
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Depression is common among general trauma patients and is associated with a poor outcome. We evaluated the relationship of psychological distress to physical injury, musculoskeletal complaints, and social factors in a low-income coun...
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doaj-cfc4d4abfcf949769644ff58d975e1cc2020-11-25T01:05:31ZengBMCAnnals of General Psychiatry1744-859X2010-02-0191910.1186/1744-859X-9-9Psychological distress among patients of an orthopaedic outpatient clinic: a study from a low-income countryChaudhry Imran BHumail Syed MHusain NusratRahman RazaRobinson HollyCreed Francis<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Depression is common among general trauma patients and is associated with a poor outcome. We evaluated the relationship of psychological distress to physical injury, musculoskeletal complaints, and social factors in a low-income country.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We administered the Self-Rating Questionnaire (SRQ), the Oslo social support questionnaire, and the Brief Disability Questionnaire (BDQ).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>An SRQ score of 9 or more, which indicates probable depressive disorder, occurred in 45.6% of men and 76.1% of women. A high SRQ score was associated with female sex, little or no education, low income and little social support. Even after these were controlled for there was a significantly higher SRQ score in patients with arthritis, backache/prolapsed disc, major fracture and other bone pathology.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Depressive disorder appears to be very common in orthopaedic outpatients in Pakistan; both social circumstances and nature of bone pathology are associated with such depression.</p> http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com/content/9/1/9 |
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Psychological distress among patients of an orthopaedic outpatient clinic: a study from a low-income country |
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Psychological distress among patients of an orthopaedic outpatient clinic: a study from a low-income country |
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Psychological distress among patients of an orthopaedic outpatient clinic: a study from a low-income country |
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psychological distress among patients of an orthopaedic outpatient clinic: a study from a low-income country |
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Depression is common among general trauma patients and is associated with a poor outcome. We evaluated the relationship of psychological distress to physical injury, musculoskeletal complaints, and social factors in a low-income country.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We administered the Self-Rating Questionnaire (SRQ), the Oslo social support questionnaire, and the Brief Disability Questionnaire (BDQ).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>An SRQ score of 9 or more, which indicates probable depressive disorder, occurred in 45.6% of men and 76.1% of women. A high SRQ score was associated with female sex, little or no education, low income and little social support. Even after these were controlled for there was a significantly higher SRQ score in patients with arthritis, backache/prolapsed disc, major fracture and other bone pathology.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Depressive disorder appears to be very common in orthopaedic outpatients in Pakistan; both social circumstances and nature of bone pathology are associated with such depression.</p> |
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