Citation

Vázquez-Barquero JL, Díez Manrique JF, Muñoz J, Menendez Arango JM, Gaite L, Herrera S, Der GJ. Soc. Psychiatry Psychiatr. Epidemiol. 1992; 27(2): 62-68.

Affiliation

Social Psychiatry Research Unit, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1594974

Abstract

This paper examines sex differences in psychiatric morbidity, using data from a community sample. The PSE-CATEGO-ID system was used to evaluate psychopathology. Six sociodemographic factors and physical illness were taken as independent variables. Females exhibit both a significantly higher psychiatric morbidity than males and a predominance of syndromes closely related to depression (SD; OD syndromes) and anxiety (GA; SA; TE; IT syndromes). Logistic modelling analysis, carried out separately for each sex, yielded different models. Psychiatric illness in men was best predicted by physical illness, unemployment and the interaction between the two. In contrast, physical illness emerged, in women, as the only factor exerting significant effects on psychiatric morbidity.

Language: en