Psychological distress and tension-type headache among health professional senior students in a historically black university in south africa.
South African Journal of Physiotherapy
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Psychological distress and tension-type headache among health professional senior students in a historically black university in south africa. | |
| Creator | Amosun, S.L. Naido, P. | |
| Description | Studies in well-defined populations contribute to the body ofevidence that the psychosocial aspects of people’s environment can have a substantial effect on their physical health. Senior students in health professional education programs were interviewed using structured instruments to assess the prevalence of psychological distress and tension-type headaches in a young adult university population. Almost 70%of the study sample was either at risk of becoming distressed, or already distressed with somatic or depressive symptoms. About two-thirds of thestudents reported symptoms of either tension-type headache or other typesof headache, while over 30% of all the students complained of tension-type headache. Almost 20% of the students whoreported symptoms of tension-type headache were also distressed, while another 47% were at risk of being distressed.The possible impact on the academic performance of the students and their future role as health care professionalsis discussed. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2002-02-16 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajp.v58i2.119 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Physiotherapy; Vol 58, No 2 (2002); 21-24 2410-8219 0379-6175 | |
| Language | eng | |
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