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Copyright Universidad de Antioquia May-Aug 2012

Abstract

This study's goal was to determine the most prevalent mental disorders and the impact on the perception of disability and suicidal ideation among the population from a primary health care center in the city of Cali. A cross sectional study was conducted on 254 patients who were screened with the PRIME-MD instrument. Descriptive statistics was used in the analysis to determine the most frequent disorders. Similarly, a multiple analysis with logistic and Poisson regressions using robust variance was conducted to determine the influence of mental disorders on disability and suicidal ideation. Most patients were female, young, and mature adults. Depression was present in 66.8% of all cases, followed by somatization disorder and anxiety. Half of the patients had had suicidal ideations at some point in their lives, and three out of four patients claimed to suffer from some kind of disability. Upon adjusting for the covariables, depression and anxiety disorders had a strong association with suicidal ideation and perceived disability that was overestimated by the logistic regression.

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Title
Prevalencia de trastornos mentales en una población que demanda servicios de salud en una IPS de baja complejidad y su asociación con la ideación suicida y la discapacidad percibida/Prevalence of mental disorders in a population requesting health services at a primary health care center and its association with suicidal ideation and perceived disability
Author
Rodríguez, Mérida R; Rincón, Hernán G H; Velasco, Margarita M P; Hernández, Carlos A A; Ramos, Martha L; González, José A
Pages
141-151
Publication year
2012
Publication date
May-Aug 2012
Publisher
Universidad de Antioquía
ISSN
0120386X
e-ISSN
22563334
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1648855002
Copyright
Copyright Universidad de Antioquia May-Aug 2012