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Adjustment disorder: Prevalence, sociodemographic risk factors, and its subtypes in outpatient psychiatric clinic

Yaseen, Yousif Ali·2017·Asian Journal of Psychiatry
DOI 10.1016/j.ajp.2017.03.012
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Background and objective This study aims at assessing the prevalence and risk factors of Adjustment disorder (AD), the AD subtypes, and the common causing stressors.Patients and methods A cross sectional study was conducted at outpatient psychiatric clinic in Duhok City from July 2008 to July 2009. 637 patients equal and above 18 of both genders were selected randomly. SCID-I/P (Version 2.0) was adopted to diagnose patients with AD. SPSS (version 21), was used for data analysis.Results The study showed that the prevalence of AD was 11.5%. It was more common among youngest age group (15-25 years) with a rate 69.9% (p=0.001) while lowest educational level (illiterate and primary) 53.5% (p=0.040), single 54.8% (p<0.001), students 39.7 (p<0.001) and from urban areas 71.2% (p=0.012) with statistically significant association. Although AD was more common among females (61.6%), no significant association was found between AD and gender (p=0.380). The most common subtype of AD was AD with mixed anxiety and depressed mood (34.2%) and was the commonest among females (19.2%) followed by AD with Anxiety subtype 30.1% which was the commonest among males (13.7%). The commonest psychosocial stressor was the illnesses (28.8%) followed by love affairs (26%) and domestic problems (16.4%).Conclusions The prevalence of AD was found to be high. The risk factors included young, low educational level, single, students, and those from urban areas. The most common subtype was AD with mixed anxiety and depressed mood and the commonest psychosocial stressor was the illnesses followed by love affairs and domestic problems.

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Authors
Yaseen, Y. A.
Affiliations
University of Duhok (IQ)
Corresponding author
Yaseen, Yousif Ali
Venue
Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-08
Volume
28
Pages
82-85
ISSN
1876-2018 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.ajp.2017.03.012
OpenAlex
W2597292204
Cited by
50
References
32
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1
FWCI
5.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
  • Asian Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Keywords
adjustment disorder, prevalence, sociodemographic risk factors, psychosocial stressors, young adults, educational attainment, marital status, urban residence, Duhok
MeSH terms
Adjustment Disorders, Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depression, Female, Hospitals, Psychiatric, Humans, Iraq, Male, Middle Aged, Outpatient Clinics, Hospital, Risk Factors, Comorbidity, Prevalence, Conduct Disorder, Young Adult

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