Self-rated Health and Psychological Health Among Hypertensive Patients in Palestine

Overview

Journal Health Psychol Open

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialty Psychology

Date 2020 Dec 7

PMID 33282328

Citations 1

Authors

Wafaa Menawi

Taghreed Najem

Aziza Khalil

Jiyana Suleiman

Areej Dabas

Rasmiyya Amer Abdullah

Noor Shareef

Taghreed Khraiwesh

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Abstract

The study has investigated the self-rated psychological health of hypertensive patients in Palestine. To that end, a stratified random sample of 502 hypertensive patients was asked to complete a validated Arabic version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). After collection, the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney test and logistic regression. In this study, it was found the mean scores for GHQ were statistically higher for females than males ( < 0.05). The females were found to be 1.701 (95% CI = 1.025-2.823) times more at risk of psychological disorders compared to males. In conclusion, improvement of social determinants of hypertensive patients can make a difference in their psychological/mental health.

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