Psychosocial Correlates, Psychological Distress, and Quality of Life in Patients with Medically Unexplained Symptoms

Husain, Muhammad Ishrat; Chaudhry, Nasim; Morris, Julie; Zafar, Shehla Naeem; Jaffery, Farhat; Rahman, Raza Ur; Duddu, Venu; Husain, Nusrat

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“…Additional support was by Sharma (7) . The current findings were slightly different from the findings of Husain et al who found significant relationships between psychological distress and age and education among the sample (11) .…”

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Psychological Distress for Divorced Women in Baghdad A Cross-Sectional Study

Sajit

Mohammed

2016

Kufa Jour. Nurs. Sci.

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Objectives: The present study aims to assess the level of psychological distress among divorced women in Baghdad and to find out the significant relationship between psychological and age educational level, Methodology: A cross-sectional descriptive study that carried out for the period of 2nd May to 30th November, 2015. A sample of 50 the period in 2nd May to 30th November, 2015. A sample of 50 divorced women is selected purposively (non probability sample) who were attending the social welfare department at the local municipal council in Al-Sadir city in Baghdad, Al-Rasafa sector. A semi-structured questionnaire was used by the investigators for the present study. The data have been collected through the utilization of the self administrative questionnaire as a mean of data collection. Statistical analyses were conducted such as frequencies, percentage, mean, standard deviation and chi-square by using statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 15.0. Results: The results reveal that ages of divorced women were ranged in 20-29 year old, with educational level of primary/secondary school. Conclusions: The study concluded that divorce is highly prevalent at age group 20-40 years old among women who they have moderate to severe psychological distress. Recommendations: The study recommended on emphasis on the role of media to change the negative view towards divorced women, the study also recommended on emphasis of governmental role for supporting these women and providing recreational and rehabilitative programs for them.

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Psychological Distress for Divorced Women in Baghdad A Cross-Sectional Study

Sajit

Mohammed

2016

Kufa Jour. Nurs. Sci.

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“…To our knowledge, this is the first study globally to estimate the levels of QoL of common mental disorders among attenders of a monk healer in comparison to attenders of a primary care setting. There is a dearth of research on the QoL of common mental disorder in primary care in Asia, including Thailand (Husain et al, 2015;Lam et al, 2009). As Thailand has been integrating mental health into primary care (Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 2016), it is important to mobilize both the informal and formal health sectors to improve QoL of common mental disorder patients in primary care in Thailand (Burnard et al, 2006;Peltzer et al, 2016).…”

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Quality of life among patients with common mental disorders attending monk healers and primary care clinics in Thailand

Pengpid¹,

Peltzer

2020

JPMH

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Purpose Common mental disorders are not only highly prevalent in primary health-care settings but also negatively affect patients’ quality of life (QoL). This study aims to assess the levels of QoL among patients with common mental disorders seeking care from a monk healer or primary care setting and to determine the comparative QoL of users in two different types of care settings in Thailand. Design/methodology/approach Consecutively attending clients or patients (N = 1251) of three faith healing or three health centres were assessed with measures of depression, anxiety and somatization disorder and QoL. Findings The overall QoL was 67.8 and among the four QoL domains, social QoL was the highest (72.3), followed by physical QoL (69.4), environmental QoL (64.8) and psychological QoL (64.6). In adjusted linear regression analyses, sociodemographic factors, such as higher educational level, being employed, having high debt and consulting a health centre, were associated with higher overall QoL. Compared to being a client with a monk healer, patients at a health centre had a higher overall QoL, environmental and psychological QoL. Having a general anxiety or major depressive disorder was negatively associated with overall QoL and all four QoL sub-domains, whereas somatization disorder was not associated with any QoL sub-domains. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to investigate QoL in common mental disorder attenders with a monk healer in comparison with primary care patients. Primary care patients with a common mental disorder had significantly higher overall QoL (p<0.01), higher psychological QoL (p<0.001) and higher environmental QoL (p<0.001) than clients with a common mental disorder attending monk healers. This study extends previous research showing a negative association between anxiety and depressive disorders and QoL calling for integration of QoL in the management of common mental disorders in both complementary and public primary care in Thailand.

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Functioning and quality of life in patients with somatic symptom disorder: The association with comorbid depression

Liao

Lin

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Comprehensive Psychiatry

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Psychosocial Correlates, Psychological Distress, and Quality of Life in Patients with Medically Unexplained Symptoms

Cited by 4 publications

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Psychological Distress for Divorced Women in Baghdad A Cross-Sectional Study

Psychological Distress for Divorced Women in Baghdad A Cross-Sectional Study

Quality of life among patients with common mental disorders attending monk healers and primary care clinics in Thailand

Functioning and quality of life in patients with somatic symptom disorder: The association with comorbid depression

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