Estimating the prevalence of anxiety, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder in the Kashmir Valley, India
| dc.contributor.author | Housen, Tambri | en_AU |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-12-14T04:59:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-12-14T04:59:46Z | |
| dc.date.created | 7/12/2017 | en_AU |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | en_AU |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: The Kashmir Valley has been subject to continual political insecurity and ongoing conflict. We conducted a representative cross-sectional population-based survey of adults to estimate the prevalence and predictors of anxiety, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the ten districts of the Kashmir Valley. Methods: We interviewed 5519 out of 5600 invited participants, ?18 years of age, randomly sampled using a probability proportional to size cluster sampling design. We estimated the prevalence of a probable psychological disorder using the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-25) and the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ-16). Data was weighted to account for the sampling design and multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify risk factors. Findings: We identified 41% (95% CI 39?2-43?4) of adults with probable depression, 26% (95% CI 23.8-27.5) with probable anxiety and 19% (95% CI 17.5-21.2) with probable PTSD. The three disorders were associated with the following characteristics: being female, over 55 years of age, having had no formal education, living in a rural area, and being widowed/divorced or separated. A dose-response association was found between the number of traumatic events experienced or witnessed and all three mental disorders .Interpretation: The implementation of decentralized mental health awareness programs are needed in the Kashmir Valley. | en_AU |
| dc.format.extent | 1 page | en_AU |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_AU |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/138098 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_AU | en_AU |
| dc.publisher | Canberra, ACT : NECTAR, The Australian National University | en_AU |
| dc.relation.ispartof | ANU NECTAR Collaboration across boundaries : a cross-disciplinary conference (2017) | en_AU |
| dc.rights | Author/s retain copyright | en_AU |
| dc.title | Estimating the prevalence of anxiety, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder in the Kashmir Valley, India | en_AU |
| dc.type | Conference poster | en_AU |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | en_AU |
| local.contributor.affiliation | College of Health and Medicine, The Australian National University | en_AU |
| local.contributor.authoremail | TBA | en_AU |
| local.identifier.uidSubmittedBy | u1027010 | en_AU |
| local.type.status | Published version | en_AU |