{"title":"Psychiatry research and prevalence of psychiatric disorders among tribal populations of India: A systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Ajay Kumar Bakhla, Arvind Nongpiur, Babli Kumari, Puja Pallavi, Anit Kujur, Dhanpati Sahu","doi":"10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_869_24","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The tribal population in India is characterized by low socioeconomic status and facing issues like marginalization, discrimination, cultural disruption, and displacement. These challenges have significant effects on their mental health, but research on psychiatric conditions among them is limited.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>We aim to find existing psychiatry literature and to estimate the prevalence of depression and anxiety among them.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We carried out systematic searches across several databases like PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane, EBSCOhost, ProQuest (Health research collections), PsycNet, Ovid, and Google Scholar, without limiting the publication period.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our search yielded 107 relevant articles, which included systematic reviews, prevalence studies, review articles, scale development studies, intervention studies, qualitative and miscellaneous studies. The prevalence of mental health disorders varied across the studies with depression ranging from 3% to 43%, anxiety upto 8%, mania from 0.04% to 0.39%, schizophrenia from 0.07% to 0.52%, intellectual disability from 0.1% to 0.6%, epilepsy from 0.2% to 1.03%, and dementia or cognitive impairment from 0% to 42.92%. Meta-analysis, of studies on depression, 15 studies were included, and the pooled prevalence was found to be 14% (with a confidence interval of 8% to 22%). For anxiety disorders, 8 studies showed a pooled prevalence of 3% (confidence interval 0% to 7%). In conclusion, this systematic review found 107 relevant studies.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Meta-analysis showed that the prevalence of depression among India's tribal population is about 14%, and anxiety disorders are present in 3% of the population.\"</p>","PeriodicalId":13345,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Psychiatry","volume":"67 2","pages":"192-208"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11964161/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Indian Journal of Psychiatry","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_869_24","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/2/19 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PSYCHIATRY","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Background: The tribal population in India is characterized by low socioeconomic status and facing issues like marginalization, discrimination, cultural disruption, and displacement. These challenges have significant effects on their mental health, but research on psychiatric conditions among them is limited.
Aim: We aim to find existing psychiatry literature and to estimate the prevalence of depression and anxiety among them.
Methods: We carried out systematic searches across several databases like PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane, EBSCOhost, ProQuest (Health research collections), PsycNet, Ovid, and Google Scholar, without limiting the publication period.
Results: Our search yielded 107 relevant articles, which included systematic reviews, prevalence studies, review articles, scale development studies, intervention studies, qualitative and miscellaneous studies. The prevalence of mental health disorders varied across the studies with depression ranging from 3% to 43%, anxiety upto 8%, mania from 0.04% to 0.39%, schizophrenia from 0.07% to 0.52%, intellectual disability from 0.1% to 0.6%, epilepsy from 0.2% to 1.03%, and dementia or cognitive impairment from 0% to 42.92%. Meta-analysis, of studies on depression, 15 studies were included, and the pooled prevalence was found to be 14% (with a confidence interval of 8% to 22%). For anxiety disorders, 8 studies showed a pooled prevalence of 3% (confidence interval 0% to 7%). In conclusion, this systematic review found 107 relevant studies.
Conclusion: Meta-analysis showed that the prevalence of depression among India's tribal population is about 14%, and anxiety disorders are present in 3% of the population."
背景：印度的部落人口社会经济地位低，面临边缘化、歧视、文化破坏和流离失所等问题。这些挑战对他们的心理健康有重大影响，但对他们精神状况的研究有限。目的：我们的目的是找到现有的精神病学文献，并估计其中抑郁和焦虑的患病率。方法：系统检索PubMed、Scopus、Web of Science、Cochrane、EBSCOhost、ProQuest（健康研究集）、PsycNet、Ovid、谷歌Scholar等数据库，不限制刊发期。结果：我们检索到107篇相关文章，包括系统综述、患病率研究、综述文章、量表开发研究、干预研究、定性研究和杂项研究。在这些研究中，精神健康障碍的患病率各不相同，抑郁症的患病率从3%到43%，焦虑症的患病率从8%到8%，躁狂的患病率从0.04%到0.39%，精神分裂症的患病率从0.07%到0.52%，智力残疾的患病率从0.1%到0.6%，癫痫的患病率从0.2%到1.03%，痴呆或认知障碍的患病率从0%到42.92%。对抑郁症研究进行荟萃分析，纳入了15项研究，发现总患病率为14%（置信区间为8%至22%）。对于焦虑症，8项研究显示总患病率为3%（置信区间为0%至7%）。综上所述，本系统综述共发现107项相关研究。结论：荟萃分析显示，印度部落人口中抑郁症的患病率约为14%，焦虑症的患病率为3%。”
期刊介绍：
The Indian Journal of Psychiatry (ISSN 0019-5545), is an official publication of the Indian Psychiatric Society. It is published Bimonthly with one additional supplement (total 5 issues). The IJP publishes original work in all the fields of psychiatry. All papers are peer-reviewed before publication.
The issues are published Bimonthly. An additional supplement is also published annually. Articles can be submitted online from www.journalonweb.com . The journal provides immediate free access to all the published articles. The journal does not charge the authors for submission, processing or publication of the articles.
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：
京公网安备 11010802042870号
