Psychiatric morbidity in an urban general practice.
Two hundred and six patients attending an urban general practice were surveyed using a self-rating questionnaire, the 30-item version of the General Health Questionnaire. At a cut-off score of 6/7, 34.5% of the respondents were found to be high-scorers which gives a corrected estimate of psychiatric morbidity of 29.9% in this clinic. Among those who presented with general complaints, such as aches and pains for which no organic cause was found, a significant proportion (70%) were high-scorers. There were no significant differences in the sex and age distribution of the high-scorers. However the mean score of Malays was significantly higher than that of Chinese.
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Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.
D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence