Open AccessPrevalence and determinants of somatization and anxiety among adult women in an urban population in Kerala
Author(s) -
Arjun Rajendra Babu,
Aswathy Sreedevi,
Alexander John,
K. Vijayakumar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_55_19
Subject(s) - somatization , anxiety , medicine , odds ratio , population , psychiatry , cross sectional study , confidence interval , marital status , demography , environmental health , pathology , sociology
Common mental disorders (CMDs) such as somatization and anxiety are prevalent in general practice. These are twice more common in women.