来自印度的社会焦虑障碍的全国代表性流行病学研究
Satish Suhas1, Pavithra Jayasankar1, Rahul Patley1
1Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Indian journal of psychiatry
|February 1, 2024
概括
社会焦虑障碍 (SAD) 影响超过65万印度人,男性和城市地区的患病率更高. 严重的残疾和82%的治疗差距凸显了迫切的公共卫生需求.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 社会焦虑障碍 (SAD),或社会恐惧症,是一种残疾状况,在印度流行病学数据有限.
- 这项研究通过探索印度的SAD患病率和相关因素来解决缺乏研究的问题.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定目前在印度的社会焦虑障碍 (SAD) 的患病率.
- 为了确定与SAD相关的因素.
- 评估印度SAD的残疾和治疗差距.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自2016年全国心理健康调查 (NMHS) 的数据,这是一项基于人口的研究.
- 在12个州采用多阶段分层随机集群采样技术,采访了34,802名成年人.
- 应用Firth惩罚后勤回归 (FPLR) 用于概率比率估计和计算残疾和治疗差距指标.
主要成果:
- 发现SAD的患病率为0.47%,平均年龄为35.68岁.
- 男性性别,失业和城市生活与增加的SAD几率有关;老年人的几率较低.
- 在工作 (63%),社交生活 (77%) 和家庭生活 (68%) 中报告了严重的残疾,治疗差距为82%.
结论:
- 据估计,印度约有6500多万人受到SAD的影响.
- 在男性中较高的SAD风险需要进一步调查;这种情况与严重的残疾和较大的治疗差距有关.
- 创新策略对于应对SAD的巨大负担至关重要,特别是考虑到心理健康专业人员的稀缺性.
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