Psychological distress among Vietnamese adults attending Vietnamese-speaking general practices in South Western Sydney: Prevalence and associations

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 354-359

  Nguyen, Thi ^a   Dennis, Sarah ^b,c   An, Huy ^b,d   Vagholkar, Sanjyot ^b   Liaw, Siaw Teng ^b  

^a Fairfield Hospital Prairiewood   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Total Care Health Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Primary care; Refugee

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; VIETNAMESE; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VIETNAM;

EID: 84984629354     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY14145     Document Type: Article

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