Publication: Prevalence and recognition of depressive disorder at a primary health care centre in Pakistan
| creativeworkseries.issn | ISSN (Print) : 1993-2979 | ISSN (Online) : 1993-2987 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Koirala, NR | |
| dc.contributor.author | MH | |
| dc.contributor.author | Minhas, FA | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mirza, ZI | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-23T07:20:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-23T07:20:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1999 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and recognition of depressive disorder at a primary health care centre in Pakistan. A purposive sample of four hundred consecutive adult primary health care attenders was screened using GHQ-12. In the second-stage a total of 271 subjects (256 High scorers and 15 Low scorers on GHQ-12) were assessed using ICD-10, DCR as a diagnostic instrument. The prevalence rate of depression using ICD-10 DCR was 22.25%. The corresponding rate for the Primary Health Care Physician was 11.43%, suggesting that Primary Care Physicians recognised depression in almost 58.49% of the patients who fulfill the ICD-10nDCR for depressive disorder. In primary care, depression constitutes major health problem. Despite this fact, Primary Health Care Physicians do not recognise a substantial proportion of this disorder. Keywords: International Classification of Diseases-10th Version (ICD-10), ; Diagnostic Criteria for Research (DCR), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), Primary Care Physician (PHCP); Depressive disorder. | |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.59779/jiomnepal.62 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/7032 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Institute of Medicine | |
| dc.subject | International Classification of Diseases-10th Version (ICD-10) | |
| dc.subject | Diagnostic Criteria for Research (DCR) | |
| dc.subject | General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) | |
| dc.subject | Primary Care Physician (PHCP) | |
| dc.subject | Depressive disorder | |
| dc.title | Prevalence and recognition of depressive disorder at a primary health care centre in Pakistan | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.article.type | Original Article | |
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