Common mental disorder symptoms among patients with malaria attending primary care in Ethiopia: A cross-sectional survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Tesfaye, Markos ^a   Hanlon, Charlotte ^b,c   Tessema, Fasil ^a   Prince, Martin ^c   Alem, Atalay ^b  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; SELF REPORTING QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOM; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84907670631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108923     Document Type: Article

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