The regional distribution of anxiety disorders : implications for the Global Burden of Disease Study, 2010
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2014
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Anxiety disorders are increasingly acknowledged as a global health issue however an accurate picture of prevalence across populations is lacking. Empirical data are incomplete and inconsistent so alternate means of estimating prevalence are required to inform estimates for the new Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. We used a Bayesian meta-regression approach which included empirical epidemiological data, expert prior information, study covariates and population characteristics. Reported are global and regional point prevalence for anxiety disorders in 2010. Point prevalence of anxiety disorders differed by up to three-fold across world regions, ranging between 2.1% (1.8-2.5%) in East Asia and 6.1% (5.1-7.4%) in North Africa/Middle East. Anxiety was more common in Latin America; high income regions; and regions with a history of recent conflict. There was considerable uncertainty around estimates, particularly for regions where no data were available. Future research is required to examine whether variations in regional distributions of anxiety disorders are substantive differences or an artefact of cultural or methodological differences. This is a particular imperative where anxiety is consistently reported to be less common, and where it appears to be elevated, but uncertainty prevents the reporting of conclusive estimates. |
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John Wiley & Sons Inc |
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DOI:10.1002/mpr.1444 Baxter, Amanda J., Vos, Theo, Scott, Kate M., Norman, Rosana E., Flaxman, Abraham D., Blore, Jed, & Whiteford, Harvey A. (2014) The regional distribution of anxiety disorders : implications for the Global Burden of Disease Study, 2010. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 23(4), pp. 422-438. |
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Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; School of Public Health & Social Work |
Palavras-Chave | #110000 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES #111700 PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES #111706 Epidemiology #111714 Mental Health #anzsrc Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Class #Anxiety #Epidemiology #Meta-analysis #Modelling #Public mental health |
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Journal Article |