Screening for psychiatric disorders in an area affected by the Chernobyl disaster: the reliability and validity of three psychiatric screening questionnaires in Belarus

Havenaar, Johan M.; Poelijoe, N. W.; Kasyanenko, A. P.; Bout, Jan van den; Koeter, Maarten W. J.; Filipenko, V. V.

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“…Also the exceedingly high prevalence of heart disease observed for the Ukraine is in line with previous studies finding that many eastern European countries show among the highest cardiovascular disease rates in the world [39]. However, we have no ready explanation for the higher prevalence of heart disease in females than in males in the Ukraine but cultural or linguistic factors might be involved [40]. The 12-month prevalence estimates of major depression among persons with heart disease in western countries were generally lower than has been reported in prior research [6].…”

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Mental disorders among persons with heart disease — results from World Mental Health surveys

Ormel¹,

Korff²,

Burger³

et al. 2007

General Hospital Psychiatry

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Objective-While in western countries depression and heart disease often co-occur, less is known about the association of anxiety and alcohol use disorders with heart disease and about the crosscultural consistency of these associations. Consistency across emotional disorders and cultures would suggest that relatively universal mechanisms underlie the association.Method-Surveys in 18 random population samples of household-residing adults in 17 countries in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the South Pacific. Medically recognized heart disease was ascertained by self-report. Mental disorders were assessed with the WMH-CIDI, a fully structured diagnostic interview.Results-Specific mood and anxiety disorders occurred among persons with heart disease at higher rates than among persons without heart disease. Adjusted for gender and age, the pooled odds ratios (95% CI) were 2.1 (1.9,2.5) for mood disorders, 2.2 (1.9,2.5) for anxiety disorders, and 1.4 (1.0,1.9)

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Mental disorders among persons with heart disease — results from World Mental Health surveys

Ormel¹,

Korff²,

Burger³

et al. 2007

General Hospital Psychiatry

215

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“…Similar psychological issues were documented after the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl accidents and grew worse with time. [2][3][4] We also heard numerous reports of Fukushima residents being stigmatized and ostracized because others consider them to be radioactive. Survivors of the atomic bombings in World War II, called hibakusha, experienced similar treatment for decades because of concerns they were contaminated or genetically damaged.…”

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“…In the Oxford Survey of Child-hood Cancers, as early as the 1950s, prenatal exposure to radiography, in the range of 10 to 20 mSv, was associated with a 40% increase in the risk of cancer up to the age of 15 years. 3 To the Editor: The Chernobyl accident caused several thousand thyroid cancers in children living near the power plant. 1 In addition to exposure to iodine-131, these children were also contaminated with short-lived iodine isotopes, which are not mentioned in the review by Christodouleas et al Early measurements in evacuees showed that 30 to 50% of thyroid doses originated from iodine-133 (half-life, 20.8 hours) and tellurium-132 (half-life, 78 hours).…”

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Rabadán¹,

Falini

Hairy³

2011

N Engl J Med

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“…The BSI was constructed simultaneously in Urdu and English and has been translated into several languages, namely, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish [6][7][8], German, and Turkish [9]. Normative data and psychometric properties of the Russian version have been reported [10].…”

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Reliability, validity, and factorial structure of the Turkish version of the Bradford Somatic Inventory (Turkish BSI-44) in a university student sample

Köse

Tekintas

Durmuş

et al. 2017

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology

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& Kemal Sayar (2017) Reliability, validity, and factorial structure of the Turkish version of the Bradford Somatic Inventory (Turkish BSI-44) in a university student sample, Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 27:1, 62-69, DOI: 10.1080/24750573.2017 Objective: Mumford and colleagues developed the Bradford Somatic Inventory (BSI) that examines the somatic symptoms of anxiety and depression, which has transcultural applications. The objective of the current study was to establish the psychometric properties and factorial validity of the Turkish version of the BSI-44 in a healthy Turkish population and obtain normative data. Methods: The study was conducted at the Marmara University School of Medicine with a sample of 201 healthy students (18-30 years old). In order to estimate the test-retest reliability of the Turkish BSI, 53 participants from the original sample were asked to fill in the questionnaire one month after the initial testing. Socio-demographic data of the participants were collected and the Turkish BSI, Somatosensory Amplification Scale (SSAS), Whiteley Index (WI-7), and somatization subscale of the Symptom Check List (SCL-90-R) scales were administered. All statistical analysis were performed by using SPSS version 23 for Windows. Results: The mean age of the study participants was 22.9 ± 1.95 years; 57.7% (n = 116) of participants were female; 42.3% (n = 85) were male. BSI scores were normally distributed. The scores of the BSI were categorized as high (>40), middle (26-40), and low (0-25); no statistically significant differences were found between males and females. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the scale was 0.90 and the test-retest correlation coefficient was found to be 0.75. A positive and statistically significant correlation was found between the Turkish BSI and the WI (r = 0.38, p < .01), the SSAS (r = 0.48, p < .01) and the SCL-90-R (r = 0.79, p < .01) scales. A principal components analysis was performed on the BSI responses of the participants, which yielded 14 factors with an eigenvalue greater than one, representing 65.2% of the total variance. Conclusions: Our results suggested that the Turkish BSI was a valid and reliable tool with a robust factorial structure to use in clinical populations in Turkey.ARTICLE HISTORY

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Screening for psychiatric disorders in an area affected by the Chernobyl disaster: the reliability and validity of three psychiatric screening questionnaires in Belarus

Cited by 17 publications

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Mental disorders among persons with heart disease — results from World Mental Health surveys

Mental disorders among persons with heart disease — results from World Mental Health surveys

Health Risks of Accidents at Nuclear Power Plants

Reliability, validity, and factorial structure of the Turkish version of the Bradford Somatic Inventory (Turkish BSI-44) in a university student sample

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