Document Type
Article
Department
Educational Development
Abstract
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of anxiety and depression in women of the Northern areas. Methods: A cross-sectional center-based study was conducted at Singal Medical Center (SNIC), Gilgit, in the Northern Areas of Pakistan, using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).
Results: One hundred and twenty women, between the ages of 16 and 60, attended the SMC over a two month period and were included in the study. Using HADS, it was found that 50% of the women had anxiety and/or depression; 25% suffered only from anxiety, 8% from depression and 17% had features of both.
Conclusion: This study supports the previous studies of stress in remote areas and also contradicts the belief that people who live in the remote rural areas lead stress-free lives or have low rates of psvchiatric morbidity
Publication (Name of Journal)
Journal of Pakistan Medical Association
Recommended Citation
Dodani, S.,
Zuberi, R. W.
(2000). Center-based prevalence of anxiety and depression in women of the northern areas of Pakistan. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association, 50(5), 138-140.
Available at:
https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_ded/19