tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa học: "Prevalence and demographics of anxiety disorders: a snapshot from a community health centre in Pakistan"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Prevalence and demographics of anxiety disorders: a snapshot from a community health centre in Pakistan. | Annals of General Psychiatry BioMed Central Primary research Prevalence and demographics of anxiety disorders a snapshot from a community health centre in Pakistan Hassan Khan 1 Saira Kalia1 Ahmed Itrat1 Abdullah Khan1 Mahwash Kamal1 Muhammad A Khan1 Roha Khalid1 Salman Khalid1 Sunniya Javed1 Sanniya Javed1 Affan Umer1 and Haider Naqvi2 Open Access Address Medical College Aga Khan University Karachi Pakistan and 2Department of Psychiatry Aga Khan University Karachi Pakistan Email Hassan Khan - drhasankhan@ Saira Kalia - Ahmed Itrat - ahmeditrat@ Abdullah Khan - abdullah1984@ Mahwash Kamal - mehvoo_pk@ Muhammad A Khan - Roha Khalid - rohakhalid@ Salman Khalid - drhasankhan@ Sunniya Javed - drhasankhan@ Sanniya Javed - drhasankhan@ Affan Umer - drhasankhan@ Haider Naqvi - Corresponding author Published 13 November 2007 Received 28 March 2007 . -- Accepted 13 November 2007 Annals of General Psychiatry 2007 6 30 doi l744-859X-6-30 This article is available from http content 6 1 30 2007 Khan et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The developing world is faced with a high burden of anxiety disorders. The exact prevalence of anxiety disorders in Pakistan is not known. There is a need to develop an evidence base to aid policy development on tackling anxiety and depressive disorders in the country. This is the first pilot study to address the prevalence of anxiety disorders and their association with sociodemographic factors in .