Prevalence of mental disorders in India and other South Asian countries.
Prevalence of mental disorders in India and other South Asian countries.
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10.3923/aje.2017.45.53
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2017-01-01
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Asthana, H. S.
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Ranjan, J. K.;Asthana, H. S.
本研究的重点是对印度和其他南亚国家精神疾病患病率相关文献进行系统回顾和荟萃分析。这项研究是为了补充对南亚国家常见精神障碍流行情况进行定量审查的不足研究。为此，检索了PubMed、PsycINFO、EBSCOhost和Google Scholar数据库，以找出研究南亚精神病发病率的研究。随后，根据识别的已发表研究中提及的参考文献检索了其他文章。使用特定的纳入和排除标准系统地选择检索到的文章。目前的荟萃分析包括34项流行病学研究，包括158555人，其中共有8389人被报告有精神障碍，横跨南亚7个国家。这一令人震惊的精神障碍人数达到每1000人122人，即（95%CI：8-252，Z=1.82，p
The present study focused on a systematic review and meta-analysis of literature related to the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in India and other South Asian countries. This study was carried out to fill up the scanty research conducted in the quantitative review of the prevalence of common mental disorders in South Asian countries. For this purpose, PubMed, PsycINFO, EBSCOhost and Google Scholar databases were searched to find out studies that examined the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in South Asia. Subsequently, additional articles were searched based on the references mentioned in the identified published studies. Retrieved articles were systematically selected using specific inclusion and exclusion criteria. The present meta-analysis included 34 epidemiological studies consisting of 158555 persons, out of which a total number of 8389 persons were reported to have mental disorders across seven countries of South Asia. This alarming number of mentally disordered people amounts to 122 per 1000 population, i.e. (95% CI: 8-252, Z=1.82, p