Understanding the impact of brain disorders: towards a ‘horizontal epidemiology’ of psychosocial difficulties and their determinants
Julkaisun nimi:
Understanding the impact of brain disorders: towards a ‘horizontal epidemiology’ of psychosocial difficulties and their determinants
Tekijä:
Cieza, A. Anczewska, M. Ayuso-Mateos, J. Baker, M. Bickenbach, J. Chatterji, S. Hartley, S. Leonardi, M. Pitkänen, T.
Ingressi:
To test the hypothesis of 'horizontal epidemiology', i.e. that psychosocial difficulties (PSDs), such as sleep disturbances, emotional instability and difficulties in personal interactions, and their environmental determinants are experienced in common across neurological and psychiatric disorders, together called brain disorders.
Julkaisukieli:
Englanti
Julkaisutyyppi:
Järjestötutkimus
Julkaisuvuosi:
2015
Julkaisun tiedot:
PLoS One 10 (9), e0136271.
Lyhyt kuvaus:
The data collection protocol with 64 PSDs and 20 determinants was used to collect data from a convenience sample of 722 persons in four specialized health care facilities in Europe.
57 of the PSDs and 16 of the determinants included in the protocol were found to be experienced across brain disorders.
This is the first evidence that supports the hypothesis of horizontal epidemiology in brain disorders. This result challenges the brain disorder-specific or vertical approach in which clinical and epidemiological research about psychosocial difficulties experienced in daily life is commonly carried in neurology and psychiatry and the way in which the corresponding health care delivery is practiced in many countries of the world.
Keywords: psychosocial difficulties, brain disorders, PARADISE
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