1. Specific Psychiatric Morbidity among a Sample of Asthmatics in South Western Nigeria
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Gregory E. Erhabor, Samuel Kolawole Mosaku, and Olufemi Morakinyo
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Generalized anxiety disorder ,Adolescent ,Health Status ,Population ,Nigeria ,Comorbidity ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,International Classification of Diseases ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Prevalence ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Psychiatry ,education ,Aged ,Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ,Depressive Disorder ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,Mental Disorders ,Panic disorder ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Anxiety Disorders ,Control Groups ,Asthma ,Respiratory Function Tests ,030227 psychiatry ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Panic Disorder ,Anxiety ,Female ,General Health Questionnaire ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Anxiety disorder ,Psychopathology - Abstract
Objective:This study was to identify specific psychiatric morbidity among asthma patients and to compare their rates to controls.Method:Hundred consecutive asthmatics were screened using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-30), and the Present State Examination (PSE). The same instruments were also administered to 75 healthy individuals, and 75 orthopaedic patients.Results:Patients with asthma had a higher occurrence of psychopathology. The specific psychiatric diagnoses among asthmatics were generalized anxiety disorder (23%), depressive disorder (11%), while 2% had panic disorder.Conclusion:Psychiatric morbidity is more common among asthmatics, than the general population and other patient group.
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- 2007
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