医生普遍焦虑障碍:一个横截面研究
Reda A Goweda1,2, Abdurahman Hassan-Hussein1
1Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, SAU.
Cureus
|December 23, 2024
概括
一般性焦虑症 (GAD) 影响了沙特阿拉伯超过三分之一的医生. 早期检测和干预对于管理医疗保健专业人员中这种普遍的心理健康状况至关重要.
科学领域:
- 医学研究 医学研究
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 通用焦虑症 (GAD) 的特点是过度担心导致痛苦和增加医疗保健利用率.
- 了解GAD患病率对于有针对性的心理健康策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估沙特阿拉伯医生中GAD的流行情况.
- 识别潜在的风险因素,并为干预策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 通过在线问卷进行了一项横截面研究.
- 这项研究涉及沙特阿拉伯的110名医生,他们使用阿拉伯版本的GAD-7.
- 收集了社会人口统计数据和GAD-7分数.
主要成果:
- 31.8%的医生报告经历了焦虑症状.
- 在不同的严重程度上观察到焦虑症状:轻度 (31.8%),中度 (22.7%) 和严重 (9.1%).
- 10的GAD-7得分被确定为检测焦虑的可靠切线.
结论:
- 沙特阿拉伯的医生表现出GAD的显著流行率.
- 建议包括早期检测,健康教育和可获得的治疗选择.
- 在医生中解决GAD对于保持医疗保健质量和福祉至关重要.
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