Prevalence and risk factors of psychiatric disorders in an industrial population in India.
BACKGROUND
Recent information on psychiatric morbidity in industrial employees is not available in India. Such information may help in building mental health care for this population.


OBJECTIVE
The aim was to study the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity and the risk factors associated with it in an industrial population.


METHODS
Two hundred thirty-eight individuals were selected by a stratified randomisation technique and screened using the General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12), Johns Hopkins University Hospital Test for alcoholism and a semistructured questionnaire for other substance use, sleep problems and past psychiatric history. Following a detailed clinical interview, diagnoses were based on International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10, Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders: Diagnostic Criteria for Research (DCR).


RESULTS
The prevalence rate for psychiatric disorder of one month's duration in the study population was 51.7%. Substance use, depression, anxiety and sleep disorders were common. Comorbidities were found in 65% of the subjects. Both univariate analysis and stepwise multiple regression revealed that educational level, perceived stress, job satisfaction and stressful life events were the independent determinants of psychiatric morbidity.


CONCLUSIONS
A significant proportion of industrial employees had psychiatric morbidity and many psychosocial factors were associated with caseness.
Dutta
Srihari
S
State Office, UN House - 1, Surya Nagar, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India.
Kar
Nilamadhab
N
Thirthalli
Jagadisha
J
Nair
Sreekumaran
S