Psychiatric Morbidity among Housemaids in Kuwait
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Psychiatric morbidity among housemaids in Kuwait. a. Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the hospitalized group of housemaids.
OBJECTIVES To determine the first hospital admission rates and the nature of psychiatric disorders among housemaids and compare them with the Kuwaiti female patients. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Based on the International Classification of Diseases (10th revision; ICD-10) symptom checklist, a semi-structured interview was administered to all the housemaids and the Kuwaiti female patients hospitalize...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Principles and Practice
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1423-0151,1011-7571
DOI: 10.1159/000079522