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Screening for mental health problems as indicator for evaluation of needs for mental health services

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

N. Fanaj ,
S. Mustafa ,
F. Shkëmbi ,
B. Kabashaj  and
B. Fanaj
N. Fanaj
Affiliation:
Community Based Mental Health Center, Mental Health Center, Prizren, Kosovo
S. Mustafa
Affiliation:
Community Based Mental Health Center, Mental Health Center, Prizren, Kosovo
F. Shkëmbi
Affiliation:
European University Of Tirana, Social Sciences, Tirana, Albania
B. Kabashaj
Affiliation:
University Of Prishtina, Social Sciences, Prishtina, Kosovo
B. Fanaj
Affiliation:
University Of Prishtina, Social Sciences, Prishtina, Kosovo

Abstract

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Background

Screening questionnaires for mental health problems are useful tools for research and clinical practice.

Objectives

To identify mental health problems and overall emotional functioning among general population samples in Kosovo as indicators for evaluation of needs for mental health services.

Methods

It is cross-sectional quantitative study. Participants from two samples: students (filled-out directly) and online respondents (n = 540; mean age = 24.84; SD = 8.29) were included in this study. All participants were asked to complete the Albanian translation of Mental Health Inventory (MHI-38). Data processing was done with SPSS 21.0 and Microsoft Excel 2007.

Results

In total 11.2% of participants ranged at low level of mental health index. Regarding anxiety the high level is found at 51.3% and regarding depression high level is found at 24.5% of participants. A significant gender difference is found whereas females show greater depression (P = .022, r = .09), greater psychological distress (P = .000, r = .17) and lover mental health index (P = .000, r = .17), than males. A significant difference between samples is found whereas online sample show greater psychological distress (P = .000, r = .18), less anxiety (P = .001, r = .13) and lower mental health index (P = .000, r = .22) than direct sample.

Conclusions

The findings are quite intriguing. Future research is needed to find out more understanding on gender, anxiety, depression, psychological distress and mental health. Socio-cultural aspects can be of great importance to be examined. Despite this, needs for mental health services are inevitably and must be addressed properly.

Disclosure of Interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-Poster Viewing: Epidemiology and social psychiatry
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S570 - S571
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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