Assessing the Prevalence of Depression in Punjabi and English Primary Care Attenders

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

Anxiety · Cross-sectional study · Depressive symptoms · Family medicine · Medical diagnosis · Mental health · Physical illness · Primary care · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Community Health and Development · Cultural Differences and Values · Medicine · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Gerontology

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