| چکیده انگلیسی مقاله |
Objective: Taking the diversity of the methodologies applied in prevalence studies of psychiatric disorders in Iran and their heterogeneous results into consideration, there seems to be need for a systematic review in order to compile the findings and seek appropriate recommendations for future studies. This study aims at systematically identifying studies conducted in Iran describing the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in general population, and to summarize the findings of these studies. Method: To identify the relevant studies, several databases including Pubmed Medline, ISI Web of Science, PsychINFO, CINAHL, EMBASE, Irandoc, IranPsych, IranMedex, Scientific Information Database as well as reference lists of the accessed documents, unpublished reports, conference proceedings and dissertations were searched. In the next step, the original studies which contained an estimation of prevalence of 'any psychiatric disorder' (overall prevalence) among a sample of general population in the country were selected. This was followed by data extraction, presentation of the results, quality assessment and quantitative pooling of estimated rates of prevalence of psychiatric disorders. Results: A total number of 35 studies were included. Estimations provided for prevalence rates in different groups illustrate diversity and heterogeneity; the rates varied in the range of 1.9-58.8%. Most of the studies had assessed the point prevalence of the disorders conducted using screening instruments. The median point prevalence has been reported to be 28.70% in screening studies, and 18.60% in studies using diagnostic interviews. Pooled estimates obtained through meta-analysis for screening and diagnostic studies were 29.1% and 21.9%,respectively. The results of the studies which have used diagnostic interviews as their data collection tool showed less heterogeneity than the ones using screening instruments. In quality assessment of the studies, only one third proved to be of high quality. Conclusion: Even though the pooled rates for prevalence of psychiatric disorders are comparable to the rates in many other countries, the most important finding of this study is the diversity of the prevalence rates among different communities in Iran. This diversity does not seem to be attributed solely to the different time frames and geographical locations of the studies. It might also have resulted from differences in methodologies (e.g., using different tools), study procedures and study quality. |
| نویسندگان مقاله |
رضا یوسفی نورایی | reza yousefi nooraie
center for academic and health policy, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran health research methodology graduate program, department of clinical epidemiology and biostatistics, mcmaster university, hamilton, ontario, canada
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران (Tehran university of medical sciences)
محمد رضا محمدی | mohmmad reza mohammadi
department of psychiatry, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran psychiatry and psychology research center, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران (Tehran university of medical sciences)
نیلوفر ثالثیان | niloofar salesian
mental health act, canberra, australia
معصومه امین اسماعیلی | masoomeh amin esmaeeli
iranian research center for hiv aids ircha , tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران (Tehran university of medical sciences)
منصوری | naghmeh mansouri
mental health research center, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی ایران (Iran university of medical sciences)
بیتا مسگرپور | bita mesgarpour
psychiatry and psychology research center, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران (Tehran university of medical sciences)
آناهیتا بصیرنیا | anahita basirnia
department of psychiatry, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran psychiatry and psychology research center, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران (Tehran university of medical sciences)
همایون امینی | homayoun amini
department of psychiatry, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran psychiatry and psychology research center, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران (Tehran university of medical sciences)
رحیمی موقر | afarin rahimi movaghar
iranian research center for hiv aids ircha , tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران (Tehran university of medical sciences)
شریفی | vandad sharifi
department of psychiatry, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran psychiatry and psychology research center, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران (Tehran university of medical sciences)
فرهودیان | ali farhoudian
iranian research center for substance abuse and dependence, university of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences, tehran, iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم بهزیستی و توانبخشی (University of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences)
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