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Prevalence of anxiety and its correlates among older adults in Latin America, India and China: Cross-cultural study

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dc.contributor.author Prina, A.M.
dc.contributor.author Ferri, C.P.
dc.contributor.author Guerra Arteaga, Mariella
dc.contributor.author Brayne, C.
dc.contributor.author Prince, M.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-01-18T19:34:36Z
dc.date.available 2022-01-18T19:34:36Z
dc.date.issued 2011
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/11052
dc.description.abstract Background: Anxiety is a common mental disorder among older people who live in the Western world, yet little is known about its prevalence in low- and middle-income countries. Aims: We investigated the prevalence of anxiety and its correlates among older adults in low- and middle-income countries with diverse cultures. Method: Cross-sectional surveys of all residents aged 65 or over (n = 15 021) in 11 catchment sites in 7 countries (China, India, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Mexico and Peru) were carried out as part of the 10/66 collaboration. Anxiety was measured by using the Geriatric Mental State Examination (GMS) and the Automated Geriatric Examination for Computer Assisted Taxonomy (AGECAT) diagnostic algorithm. Results: The age- and gender-standardised prevalence of anxiety varied greatly across sites, ranging from 0.1% (95% CI 0.0-0.3) in rural China to 9.6% (95% CI 6.2-13.1) in urban Peru. Urban centres had higher estimates of anxiety than their rural counterparts with adjusted (age, gender and site) odds ratios of 2.9 (95% CI 1.7-5.3). Age, gender, socioeconomic status and comorbid physical illnesses were all associated with a GMS/AGECAT diagnosis of anxiety, and so was disability (World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II). Conclusions: Anxiety is common in Latin America. Estimates from this region are similar to the ones from high-income European countries found in the literature. As demographic change will occur more rapidly in these countries, further research exploring the mental health of older people in developing areas is vital, with the inclusion of other specific anxiety disorders, along with evidence for strategies for supporting those with these disorders. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Cambridge University Press
dc.relation.ispartofseries British Journal of Psychiatry
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Adult en_US
dc.subject Aged en_US
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject major clinical study en_US
dc.subject cultural factor en_US
dc.subject rural area en_US
dc.subject disease association en_US
dc.subject disease severity en_US
dc.subject sex difference en_US
dc.subject Socioeconomic Factors en_US
dc.subject Latin America en_US
dc.subject prevalence en_US
dc.subject China en_US
dc.subject social aspect en_US
dc.subject food insecurity en_US
dc.subject urban area en_US
dc.subject Developing Countries en_US
dc.subject Epidemiologic Methods en_US
dc.subject Urban Health en_US
dc.subject Comorbidity en_US
dc.subject Mexico en_US
dc.subject Depression en_US
dc.subject Dominican Republic en_US
dc.subject Attitude to Health en_US
dc.subject lowest income group en_US
dc.subject Venezuela en_US
dc.subject Anxiety en_US
dc.subject anxiety disorder en_US
dc.subject correlational study en_US
dc.subject Cross-Cultural Comparison en_US
dc.subject Cuba en_US
dc.subject Dementia en_US
dc.subject Disability Evaluation en_US
dc.subject India en_US
dc.subject Rural Health en_US
dc.subject social problem en_US
dc.title Prevalence of anxiety and its correlates among older adults in Latin America, India and China: Cross-cultural study en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.110.083915
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.24
dc.relation.issn 1472-1465


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