Open AccessRural and urban variation in psychological distress among adults: results of the 2014–2015 Eastern Townships Population Health Survey (ETPHS)
Author(s) -
Sadaf Matiullah,
Mélissa Généreux,
Geneviève Petit
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
canadian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1920-7476
pISSN - 0008-4263
DOI - 10.17269/s41997-020-00403-5
Subject(s) - urbanization , distress , mental health , disadvantaged , population , demography , geography , environmental health , logistic regression , socioeconomics , gerontology , medicine , sociology , psychiatry , ecology , biology , clinical psychology , political science , law
A growing number of people live in urban areas. Urbanization has been associated with an increased prevalence of mental disorders, but which mechanisms cause this increase is unknown. Psychological distress is a good indicator of mental health. This study sought to examine the relationship between urbanization and distress among adults in the Eastern Townships (southern region of Quebec, Canada).