General Mental Health, Quality of Life and Suicide-Related Attitudes Among Kurdish People in Iran

Aim: To investigate (1) general mental health, (2) quality of life and (3) suicide-related attitudes in Kurds living in Iranian Kurdistan. Methods: Cross-sectional investigation; cluster random sampling procedure; 1,000 Kurds were randomly selected from 1,000 of 68,000 households in Sannandaj City,...

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Vydáno v:International journal of social psychiatry Ročník 54; číslo 5; s. 457 - 468
Hlavní autoři: Mofidi, N., Ghazinour, M., Araste, M., Jacobsson, L., Richter, J.
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: London, England SAGE Publications 01.09.2008
Sage
Sage Publications Ltd
Témata:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Asian people
Attitude
Attitude towards mental illness
Attitudes
Biological and medical sciences
Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data
Female
general mental health
general population
Health behavior
Health Status
Humans
Intervention
Iran - epidemiology
Iranian Kurds
Kurdish people
Male
Medical sciences
MEDICIN
MEDICINE
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Mental Disorders - ethnology
Mental Disorders - psychology
Mental health
Middle Eastern cultural groups
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psykiatri
Quality of life
Quality of Life - psychology
Social medicine
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Social psychology
Socialmedicin
suicidal attitudes
Suicide
Suicide, Attempted - psychology
Suicide, Attempted - statistics & numerical data
Suicides & suicide attempts
Surveys and Questionnaires
Iran
Asia
general mental health
suicidal attitudes
general population
quality of life
Iranian Kurds
Social environment
Human
Attitude
Mental health
Professional status
Suicide
Quality of life
Marital status
Sociodemographic factor
Cross sectional study
Population-based survey
Psychopathology
Public health
ISSN:0020-7640, 1741-2854, 1741-2854
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Shrnutí:Aim: To investigate (1) general mental health, (2) quality of life and (3) suicide-related attitudes in Kurds living in Iranian Kurdistan. Methods: Cross-sectional investigation; cluster random sampling procedure; 1,000 Kurds were randomly selected from 1,000 of 68,000 households in Sannandaj City, Iran; General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12); Questionnaire on Attitudes Towards Suicide (ATTS). Results: About 27% of the subjects had to be regarded as probably suffering from a psychological disturbance. There was no gender difference regarding the number of `cases'. These possible `cases' were younger than `non-cases'. The most `cases' occurred among the unemployed. An increasing number of experiences related to suicide and the increasing emotional closeness of those experiences was found to be related to an increased probability that the individual would be classified as a `case' according to the GHQ-12 total score. Unmarried individuals more often evaluated their overall quality of life as `moderate' or `bad' compared to married individuals. Unemployed people, self-employed people and housewives formed the groups who most often reported a `very bad' or `bad' quality of life. Conclusions: Kurdish people in Iran are in need of facilities and interventional programmes aiming to improve general mental health.
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ISSN:0020-7640
1741-2854
1741-2854
DOI:10.1177/0020764008091663