[Prevalence of minor psychiatric disorders among women working in the health sector in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: results of an evaluation using the GHQ-28]. / Prévalence des troubles psychatriques mineurs chez les femmes travaillant dans le secteur de la santé a Ouagadougou au Burkina Faso: résultats d'une evaluation a l'aide de GHQ-28.

In a developing country like Burkina Faso, where the mental health care relates to only a minority of people affected by the mental disorders, investigations among the general population are very informative. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of minor psychiatric disorders among the female population in the urban environment of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, as well as the sociodemographic factors possibly associated with mental troubles among these women. The study was a descriptive transverse investigation with single passage carried out on 227 women whose mean age was 37.38 +/- 7.50 years old. The French version of the GHQ-28 was used to evaluate minor psychiatric disorders. The prevalence of the the psychiatric disorders within the population was 33.48%. The results of the GHQ-28 showed that social abnormal operations (59.03%), anxiety and insomnia (45.37%) were the disorders most frequently detected. The importance of psychiatric morbidity within the surveyed population suggests complementary studies aiming at specifying the supporting factors among others.