Relationship of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders with Religion and Psychosocial attitude among Local Medical College Students of Karachi: An epidemiological study.
J Pak Med Assoc
; 70(9): 1563-1567, 2020 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the awareness, prevalence and attitude of medical students towards obsessive compulsive disorder.METHOD:
The cross-sectional study was conducted at different medical institutions in Karachi from August to October 2018, and comprised medical students who were selected using random sampling. The participants were asked to fill demographic form as well as the obsessive compulsive disorder Yale-Brown scale-based questionnaire. Data was analysed using SPSS 23.RESULTS:
Of the 1172 subjects, 602(51.4%) were aware of obsessive compulsive disorder, while 570(48.6%) were unaware. Washing, counting and arranging were higher among females than in males (p<0.004). Fear, shame and stigma were of major concerns (p<0.05).CONCLUSIONS:
Awareness level of medical students regarding obsessive compulsive disorder was very low.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Estudiantes de Medicina
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Trastorno Obsesivo Compulsivo
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Pak Med Assoc
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Pakistán