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Mental health and chronic pain conditions in a nationally-representative sample of South African adults : a cross-sectional study
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-104).
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| author | Smuts, Melisa |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/9316 Mental health and chronic pain conditions in a nationally-representative sample of South African adults : a cross-sectional study Smuts, Melisa Myer, Landon Public Health Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-104). Chronic pain is considered a significant burden at both a personal and social level. Not only does it lead to individual suffering and loss of work or social roles, but it also places a great demand on health care systems. Chronic pain has been shown to be associated with both depression and anxiety disorders, adding to the drain on society. Most of the existing research on chronic pain and its association with mental disorders has focused on Europe and North America, with little research firom developing countries. There are few data on the prevalence of chronic pain at a population level in South Africa, and no research into the association between chronic pain and mental health. This study assessed the population prevaicnce and demographic characteristics of people with chronic pain conditions in South Africa, focusing on arthritisirhenrnatisrn and chronic back/neck pain, the two most common forms of chronic pain. The thesis examined the associations between these chronic pain conditions and common mental disorders in South Africa, with particular attention to possible gender differences in this association. 2014-11-07T10:10:14Z 2014-11-07T10:10:14Z 2008 Master Thesis Masters MPH http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9316 eng application/pdf Department of Public Health and Family Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Public Health Smuts, Melisa Mental health and chronic pain conditions in a nationally-representative sample of South African adults : a cross-sectional study |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Mental health and chronic pain conditions in a nationally-representative sample of South African adults : a cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Mental health and chronic pain conditions in a nationally-representative sample of South African adults : a cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Mental health and chronic pain conditions in a nationally-representative sample of South African adults : a cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mental health and chronic pain conditions in a nationally-representative sample of South African adults : a cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Mental health and chronic pain conditions in a nationally-representative sample of South African adults : a cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | mental health and chronic pain conditions in a nationally representative sample of south african adults a cross sectional study |
| topic | Public Health |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9316 |
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