Comparison of psychological distress and its associated factors among chronic disease and healthy subjects in rural Puducherry, India

Psychological distress among people living with chronic medical illness and the general population, Northwest Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study

“…Among people living with chronic medical diseases, the study showed findings similar with those of other studies carried out in Ethiopia (63.3%) [ 24 ], Pakistan (60.2%, [ 25 ], Nigeria (64.4%) [ 26 ], and Delhi India (58.7%) [ 27 ]. However, the magnitude of psychological distress in this study was higher than that in studies done in Southern Ethiopia (39.2%) [ 28 ], Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (53.1%) [ 29 ], India (50.8%) [ 30 ], Kenya (42.3%) [ 31 ] and Iran (14%) [ 32 ]. These variations might possibly be a result of differences in sample size, inclusion criteria, screening instrument used to assess psychological distress, and the difference in the study population.…”

A bibliometric study of worldwide scientific literature on somatopsychics (1913‒2022)

“…Around 30% of people presenting with long-term physical conditions continue to be diagnosed with mental disorders (10). The risk of developing psychological distress in these patients is reported to increase from 14.0% to 64.4% (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18). Additionally, people with severe mental disorders are dying up to 20 years earlier than the general population, partly due to physical illnesses (19).…”