Assessing the Prevalence of Depression in Punjabi and English Primary Care Attenders: The Role of Culture, Physical Illness and Somatic Symptoms

Kamaldeep Bhui; Dinesh Bhugra; David Goldberg; Justin Sauer; Andre Tylee

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Assessing the Prevalence of Depression in Punjabi and English Primary Care Attenders: The Role of Culture, Physical Illness and Somatic Symptoms

Kamaldeep Bhui, Dinesh Bhugra, David Goldberg, Justin Sauer, Andre Tylee

Queen Mary University of London

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Abstract

Previous studies exploring the prevalence of depression among South Asians reported inconsistent findings. Research artefacts due to sampling bias, measurements errors and a failure to include ethnographic methods may all explain this. We estimated the prevalence of depression, and variations of prevalence with culture, cultural adaptation, somatic symptoms and physical disability in a cross-sectional primary care survey of Punjabi and English attendees. We included a culture specific screening instrument, culturally adapted the instruments and offered bilingual interviews. We found that, compared with their English counterparts, depressive diagnoses were more common among Punjabis, Punjabi women, Punjabis with physical complaints and, contrary to expectation, even Punjabis with low scores for somatic symptoms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	307-322
Number of pages	16
Journal	Transcultural Psychiatry
Volume	41
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1363461504045642
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2004

Keywords

depression
prevalence
primary
Punjabi
somatic

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