The role of intelligence and depression in Indian and black duodenal ulcer patients in South Africa.
In a comparison of South African Indian and Black duodenal ulcer patients and a control group of hospital patients, intelligence and depression were not found to be relevant to the incidence of duodenal ulceration. This finding emerges as part of an ongoing study on the apparent increase of duodenal ulceration in South African Indians and Blacks. The role of psychological medicine in a consultation/liaison service is discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D044383:Black People; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications*; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013019:South Africa