A Pre-Post-Disaster Epidemiological Study of Mental Health Functioning in Vietnams Da Nang Province Following Typhoon Xangsane
Author : Ron Acierno, Ananda B. Amstadter, Daniel F. Gros, Lisa Richardson, Dean G. Kilpatrick, Trinh Luong Tran, Lam Tu Trung, Nguyen Thanh Tam, Tran Tuan, La Thi Buoi, Tran Thu Ha, Tran Duc Thach, Anne Seym
Year : 2009
Area : Mental Health
In 2006, typhoone Xangsane struck Vietnam and disrupted a large-scale mental health needs analysis in the Danang Province of Vietnam. Recruitment of new participant was halted and the design of study was altered to that of a pre-/post- event investigation in which 798 of the original 4,982 participants were re-interviewed. This produced the first prerpost […]
Validation of the depression anxiety stress scales (DASS) 21 as a screening instrument for depression and anxiety in a rural community-based cohort of northern Vietnamese women
Author : Thach Duc Tran 1,2,3* , Tuan Tran 1 and Jane Fisher
Year : 2013
Area : Mental Health
Background: Depression and anxiety are recognised increasingly as serious public health problems among women in low- and lower-middle income countries. The aim of this study was to validate the 21-item Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS21) for use in screening for these common mental disorders among rural women with young children in the North of […]
“Prevalence, nature, severity and correlates of postpartum depressive symptoms in Vietnam
Author : J.R.W. Fisher, a M.M. Morrow, a N.T. Nhu Ngoc, b L.T. Hoang Anh
Year : 2004
Area : Mental Health
Objective To examine depressive symptomatology in women after childbirth in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Design A cross sectional survey. Setting Hung Vuong Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital and the Maternal, Child Health and Family Planning Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Method Participants were recruited consecutively in the postnatal wards and invited to take […]
Validity and Reliability of the Self-reporting Questionnaire 20 Items in Vietnam
Author : T Tuan, T Harpham, NT Huong
Year : 2004
Area :
Objective: The demand for inclusion of mental health measures in general health and well-being community-based surveys in developing countries is increasing. In a previous survey of child well- being in Vietnam, a measure of maternal mental health was included. This was the first use of the Self-reporting Questionnaire 20 items in Vietnam, and tested the […]
Common perinatal mental disorders in northern Viet Nam: community prevalence and health care use
Author : Jane Fisher, a Thach Tran, b La thi Buoi, b,c Kelsi Kriitmaa, a Doreen Rosenthal a & Tran Tuan
Year : 2010
Area : Mental Health
Objective To establish the prevalence of common perinatal mental disorders, their determinants, and their association with preventive health care use among women in one rural and one urban province in northern Viet Nam. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional survey of cohorts of pregnant women and mothers of infants recruited systematically in 10 randomly-selected communes. The […]