title: Psychiatric morbidity: prevalence, associated factors and significance.
abstract: A cross-sectional observational systematic study was carried out on ambulatory patients at a tertiary care hospital to determine the probable prevalence, associated factors and significance of psychiatric morbidity by using an Urdu translation of the hospital anxiety and depression (HAD) scale over a period of 6 days in a week. Results showed a prevalence of 38.4% which is slightly higher than what has been generally reported (30%). Two variables, i.e., female sex and being a housewife were significantly related with the outcome. An attempt has been made to identify the probable reasons for this and some suggestions laid down for further work.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saud Anwar
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Mohammad
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lobo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Midhet
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ali
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authors.lastname: Saud M [corrected to Saud Anwar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003151:Community Health Centers; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors