Prevalence of psychological distress and associated factors in tuberculosis patients in public primary care clinics in South Africa

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Peltzer, Karl ^a,b   Naidoo, Pamela ^a,c   Matseke, Gladys ^a   Louw, Julia ^a   Mchunu, Gugu ^a   Tutshana, Bomkazi ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIVORCED PERSON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; KESSLER PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRSS SCALE; MENTAL STRESS; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPARATED PERSON; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TOBACCO USE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84864271907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-89     Document Type: Article

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