Prevalence of depression and its associated factors among patients attending primary care settings in the post-conflict Northern Province in Sri Lanka: A cross-sectional study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Senarath, Upul ^a   Wickramage, Kolitha ^b   Peiris, Sharika L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Depression; Mental health; Patient Health Questionnaire; PHQ 9; Post conflict; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SRI LANKA; WALKING DIFFICULTY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SRI LANKA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 84899139520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-85     Document Type: Article

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