沙特阿拉伯国家焦虑和抑郁症查 2022年
Abdulhameed Abdullah Alhabeeb1, Rashed Abdullah Al-Duraihem1, Saeed Alasmary1
1National Centre for Mental Health Promotion, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Frontiers in public health
|July 13, 2023
概括
沙特阿拉伯的心理健康查显示,主要抑郁障碍 (MDD) 和普遍焦虑障碍 (GAD) 风险的严重流行. 低的诊断和治疗率凸显了改善心理健康服务和干预措施的迫切需要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
背景情况:
- 精神健康障碍,包括主要抑郁症 (MDD) 和泛性焦虑症 (GAD),在沙特阿拉伯构成了重大公共卫生挑战.
- 在一般人群中,关于心理健康查流行率和相关风险因素的最新数据对于了解问题的范围至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定近期沙特公众中对焦虑和抑郁症的心理健康查的流行情况.
- 探索与MDD和GAD风险增加相关的人口,社会经济和生活方式因素.
主要方法:
- 对6015名参与者进行了一项横截面电话采访调查.
- 配额抽样确保了性别和行政区域的平等代表性.
- 该研究评估了MDD和GAD风险,以及各种相关风险和保护因素.
主要成果:
- 全国MDD风险患病率为12.7%,GAD患病率为12.4%.
- 诊断和治疗率特别低 (抑郁症为1.5%,焦虑症为0.5%).
- 风险因素包括女性性别,低教育/收入,吸烟和水管使用;保护因素包括体力活动,志愿服务和爱好.
结论:
- 在沙特阿拉伯,MDD和GAD风险的高患病率与低的诊断/治疗率相结合,需要加强心理健康促进和早期检测.
- 通过有针对性的干预措施解决可修改的风险因素和促进保护因素至关重要.
- 未来的研究应该探索纵向关联,并制定文化上适当的干预措施,以改善心理健康结果.
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