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Elderly people and women were more risk to mental emotional disorders

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Baseline Health Research 2007 (Riset Kesehatan Dasar 2007 or Riskesdas 2007) was planned to provide evidence based data for health policy. One of the information collected was on mental emotional disorders or psychological distress. The objective of this study was to identify dominant factors related to mental emotional disorder.

Data were obtained from the Riskesdas 2007. We analyzed 62,549 subjects from Central Jawa. Mental emotional disorders were assessed by a Self Reporting Questionnaire which consisted of 20 questions given to subjects aged ≥ 15 years. Questionnaire cut-off point was 5/6 which meant that if the respondent answered “yes” to at least 6 questions indicated a mental emotional disorder. Interviews were conducted by skilled interviewers. Data were processed by STATA 10 version.

Compared to the young, the elderly had a 63% risk to mental emotional disorders [adjusted relative risk (RRa) = 1.63; 95% confidence interval (CI) =1.52-1.75]. Women had 43% risk to mental emotional disorders compared to men (RRa =1.43; 95% CI = 1.35-1.51).
The elderly and women were more at risk to mental emotional disorders. Therefore, mental health programs should be more addressed to elderly.

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Health Science Journal of Indonesia (HSJI): 1(1)20

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Jakarta : Sekretariat Badan Litbangkes., 2010

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6p

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2087-7021

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mental disorders
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