| Title | [Relationship between psychosocial stress and mental disease: community study] | | Author(s) | Villaverde Ruiz M, Gracia Marco R, Morera Fumero A | | Institution | Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, 38071, España. | | Source | Actas Esp Psiquiatr 2000 Jan-Feb; 28(1):1-5. | | MeSH | Community Mental Health Services
Cross-Sectional Studies
English Abstract
Female
Humans
Life Change Events
Male
Mental Disorders
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Questionnaires
Stress, Psychological
| | Abstract | INTRODUCTION: We investigate the relationship between life events stress and psychiatric disorders in a random sample of urban population older than 16 in the Tenerife Island.
METHOD: A two-stage cross-sectional study was conducted. In the first stage 660 persons were interviewed using the GHQ-28 as a screening questionnaire and the DSM-III-Axis IV for the psychosocial stressors valoration. In the second stage were interviewed all persons screening positive on the GHQ and similar number of the screening negative ones, using the Clinical Interview Schedule.
RESULTS: The psychosocial stressors prevalence was 36,5% and the pathology psychiatric prevalence was 12, 90%: among 3.3% of the people who do not refer psychiosocial stress and 29.5% of the people who do refer.
CONCLUSION: We confirmed a significant relationship between psychosocial stress and psychiatric disorders in both sexes. | | Language | spa | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 10758422 |
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