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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Mental disorders among persons with arthritis: Results from the World Mental Health Surveys
Psychological Medicine, Volume 38, No. 11, Year 2008
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Background: Prior studies in the USA have reported higher rates of mental disorders among persons with arthritis but no cross-national studies have been conducted. In this study the prevalence of specific mental disorders among persons with arthritis was estimated and their association with arthritis across diverse countries assessed. Method: The study was a series of cross-sectional population sample surveys. Eighteen population surveys of household-residing adults were carried out in 17 countries in different regions of the world. Most were carried out between 2001 and 2002, but others were completed as late as 2007. Mental disorders were assessed with the World Health Organization (WHO) World Mental Health-Composite International Diagnostic Interview (WMH-CIDI). Arthritis was ascertained by self-report. The association of anxiety disorders, mood disorders and alcohol use disorders with arthritis was assessed, controlling for age and sex. Prevalence rates for specific mental disorders among persons with and without arthritis were calculated and odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals were used to estimate the association. Results: After adjusting for age and sex, specific mood and anxiety disorders occurred among persons with arthritis at higher rates than among persons without arthritis. Alcohol abuse/dependence showed a weaker and less consistent association with arthritis. The pooled estimates of the age- and sex-adjusted ORs were about 1.9 for mood disorders and for anxiety disorders and about 1.5 for alcohol abuse/dependence among persons with versus without arthritis. The pattern of association between specific mood and anxiety disorders and arthritis was similar across countries. Conclusions: Mood and anxiety disorders occur with greater frequency among persons with arthritis than those without arthritis across diverse countries. The strength of association of specific mood and anxiety disorders with arthritis was generally consistent across disorders and across countries. Copyright © 2008 Cambridge University Press.
Authors & Co-Authors
He, Yanling
China, Shanghai
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Zhang, Mingyuan
China, Shanghai
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Lin, Elizabeth Hiok Boon
United States, Seattle
Group Health Cooperative
Bruffaerts, Ronny
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven– University Hospital Leuven
Posada-Villa, J. A.
Colombia, Bogota
Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca
Angermeyer, Matthias Claus
Germany, Leipzig
Universität Leipzig
Levinson, Daphna
Israel, Jerusalem
Ministry of Health
de Girolamo, Giovanni
Italy, Bologna
Azienda Usl Di Bologna
Uda, Hidenori
Japan, Kagoshima
Sensatsu Public Health Center
Mneimneh, Zeina N.
Lebanon, Beirut
Research
Benjet, Corina
Mexico, Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente
de Graaf, Ron
Netherlands, Utrecht
Trimbos Institute, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction
Scott, Kate Margaret
New Zealand, Dunedin
Otago Medical School
Gureje, Oye
Nigeria, Ibadan
University College Hospital, Ibadan
Seedat, Soraya
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Haro, Josep Maria
Spain, Sant Boi de Llobregat
Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu
Bromet, Evelyn J.
United States, Stony Brook
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
Alonso Caballero, J. L.
Spain, Barcelona
Institut Municipal D'investigacio Medica
Kovess - Masfety, Viviane
France, Paris
Université Paris Cité
von Korff, Michael R.
United States, Seattle
Group Health Cooperative
Kessler, Ronald C.
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
Statistics
Citations: 69
Authors: 21
Affiliations: 19
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1017/S0033291707002474
ISSN:
00332917
e-ISSN:
14698978
Research Areas
Mental Health
Substance Abuse
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study