Determinants of Mental Illness in A Rural Ethiopia Adult Population
| dc.contributor.advisor | Aboud, Frances (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tafari, Solomon | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-14T07:31:30Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-05T14:41:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-06-14T07:31:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-05T14:41:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1999-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 2000 subjects from two woredas of a rural sect i on of Ethiopia were interviewed to determine how many were suffering from mental disorder and what determinants are related to the disorder. A WHO Self-Reporting Questionnaire was used to assess mental illness. The questionnaire has been used before in Ethiopia and measures neurotic, psychotic, and psychosomatic illness in terms of s ymptoms. 344 cases were found, indicating an overall frequency of 17.2%. The great majority of cases were suffering from neurotic and psychosomatic illnesses. Psychiatric morbidity was higher in women, in divorced/separated/widowed groups, and in the age group 35 - 44. However, the level of social stress experienced in the past year was most predictive of mental illness; the higher a person 's stress level, the higher the mental symptom score. Family history of mental illness was the second best predictor. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/32012 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Determinants of Mental Illness in A Rural Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.title | Determinants of Mental Illness in A Rural Ethiopia Adult Population | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |