Citation:
Sorsdahl, K., Sewpaul, R., Evans, M., Naidoo, P., Myers, B. & Stein, D.J. (2016) The association between psychological distress, alcohol use and physical non-communicable diseases in a nationally representative sample of South Africans . <i>Journal of Health Psychology</i>. April:Online.
Abstract:
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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