The association between psychological distress, alcohol use and physical non-communicable diseases in a nationally representative sample of South Africans
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This study examines the associations between symptoms of mental disorders and diabetes and hypertension in a nationally representative sample of South Africans. We examined unadjusted and adjusted associations of socio-demographic characteristics, alcohol use and psychological distress with diabetes and hypertension. Multivariate logistic regression revealed that hypertension is significantly associated with age, while diabetes is significantly associated with age, population group and psychological distress. The association between psychological distress and diabetes found here suggests the usefulness of additional research using more detailed measures of psychiatric disorders in local studies and reinforces clinical calls for attention to psychiatric screening in patients with diabetes.
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- Authors
- Sorsdahl, K., Sewpaul, R., Evans, M., Naidoo, P., Myers, B., & Stein, D. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Human Sciences Research Council (ZA)
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- Corresponding author
- Sorsdahl, Katherine
- Venue
- Journal of Health Psychology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2016-04-17
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 618-628
- ISSN
- 1359-1053 (ISSN-L)
- 1461-7277
- OpenAlex
- W2337112330
- Cited by
- 24
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 4.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Health Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UWC Research Repository (University of the Western Cape) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Department of Health (NDoH) of South Africa.
- Department for International Development
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Keywords
- psychological distress, alcohol consumption, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, non-communicable diseases, mental illness, mental health screening, South Africa, sociodemographic factors
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alcohol Drinking, Alcoholism, Cross-Sectional Studies, Developing Countries, Diabetes Mellitus, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Hypertension, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, South Africa, Stress, Psychological, Logistic Models, Young Adult, Self Report
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