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Springer Verlag, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 11(46), p. 1153-1159

DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0279-y

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Depressive disorder and social stress in Pakistan compared to people of Pakistani origin in the UK

Journal article published in 2010 by Nusrat Husain ORCID, Nasim Chaudhry, Barbara Tomenson, Judy Jackson, Richard Gater, Francis Creed
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Abstract

PURPOSE: Depressive disorder is more common in low to middle than high-income countries, but the reasons for this have not been explicitly defined. METHOD: We compared the results of two population-based studies of people of Pakistani origin: one living in rural Pakistan and one in UK. Both samples were screened with the self-reporting questionnaire followed by research interview to determine depressive disorders and social stress. RESULTS: Logistic regression was used to compare the prevalence of depressive disorder in the two countries after adjustment for socio-demographic characteristics and social stress. The estimated prevalence of depression for men was 35.8% (95% CI 16.1-55.5) in Pakistan and 9% (5.0-13.0) in Manchester (p