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Burden of common mental disorders in a community health centre sample

Farah Ahmad, Yogendra Shakya, Liane Ginsburg, Wendy Lou, Peggy T. Ng, Meb Rashid, Manuela Ferrari, Cliff Ledwos and Kwame McKenzie
Canadian Family Physician December 2016; 62 (12) e758-e766;
Farah Ahmad
Associate Professor in the School of Health Policy and Management at York University in Toronto, Ont, and Research Scientist at the North York General Hospital.
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Yogendra Shakya
Senior Research Scientist at Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services and Assistant Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.
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Liane Ginsburg
Associate Professor in the School of Health Policy and Management at York University.
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Wendy Lou
Professor and Head of the Biostatistics Division of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.
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Peggy T. Ng
Professor in the School of Administrative Studies at York University.
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Meb Rashid
Director of Cross Roads Clinic at Women’s College Hospital and Assistant Professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.
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Manuela Ferrari
Postdoctoral fellow in the School of Health Policy and Management at York University.
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Cliff Ledwos
Director of Primary Health Care and Special Initiatives at Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services.
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Kwame McKenzie
Psychiatrist and Medical Director of Underserved Populations at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Ont, and Chief Executive Officer of The Wellesley Institute.
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    Prevalence of 4 CMDs: N = 75.

    CMD—common mental disorder.

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    Co-occurrence of 4 CMDs: N = 43.

    CMD—common mental disorder, GAD—Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale, PC-PTSD—Primary Care Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Screen, PHQ—Patient Health Questionnaire.

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    Table 1.

    Participant characteristics: N = 75.

    VARIABLEVALUE
    Mean (SD) age, years36.5 (12.7)
    Sex, n (%)
      • Male26 (34.7)
      • Female49 (65.3)
      • Transgender0 (0.0)
    Relationship status, n (%)*
      • Married or common law37 (49.3)
      • Separated, divorced, or widowed11 (14.7)
      • Single, not in relationship18 (24.0)
      • Single, in relationship10 (13.3)
    Immigrant, n (%)74 (98.7)
    Citizenship status, n (%)
      • Canadian citizen or permanent resident54 (72.0)
      • Other21 (28.0)
    Years lived in Canada, n (%)
      • < 541 (54.7)
      • ≥ 534 (45.3)
    Highest level of education, n (%)
      • Up to grade 1238 (50.7)
      • College or more37 (49.3)
    Can read and write English, n (%)
      • Poor or fair19 (25.3)
      • Good, very good, or excellent56 (74.7)
    Employment status, n (%)*
      • Full time15 (20.0)
      • Part time11 (14.7)
      • Not employed49 (65.3)
    Annual household income before taxes, $, n (%)
      • ≤ 20 00048 (64.0)
      • 20 001–30 00012 (16.0)
      • 30 001–40 0008 (10.7)
      • > 40 0007 (9.3)
    Difficulty in monetary decisions to meet daily needs, n (%)
      • Sometimes or often64 (85.3)
      • Never11 (14.7)
    Computer use, n (%)
      • Every day51 (68.0)
      • Up to 3 times in a week18 (24.0)
      • Once a month2 (2.7)
      • Not at all4 (5.3)
    Mean (SD) self-rated health†2.83 (1.02)
    Experienced personal violence in past 5 years, n (%)28 (37.3)
    Social support, n (%)
      • Someone to talk about problems: no or not sure22 (29.3)
      • Someone to stay with overnight in emergency: no or not sure29 (38.7)
      • Someone to borrow money from when in need: no or not sure54 (72.0)
    • ↵* Participants were allowed to select more than 1 response option.

    • ↵† Rated on a 5-point Likert scale (poor, fair, good, very good, excellent).

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