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Meta-analysis of the prevalence of anxiety disorders in mainland China from 2000 to 2015.
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58 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Prevalence and severity of anxiety and depression in Chinese patients with breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence of Moderate to Severe Anxiety Symptoms among Patients with Myocardial Infarction: a Meta-Analysis.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2022Pooled it
- The Prevalence of Psychological Status During the COVID-19 Epidemic in China: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Dopaminergic System Alteration in Anxiety and Compulsive Disorders: A Systematic Review of Neuroimaging Studies.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Pooled it
- Variations of dry eye disease prevalence by age, sex and geographic characteristics in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2018Pooled it
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- Effect of resistance training on heart rate variability of anxious female college students.Frontiers in public health · 2022Trial
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- Integrating EEG and Ensemble Learning for Accurate Grading and Quantification of Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Novel Diagnostic Approach.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Curative care expenditure of outpatient anxiety disorder in Liaoning Province, 2015-2020-based on "System of Health Accounts 2011".Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of Social Anxiety Scale for Social Media Users (SAS-SMU).Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
Although anxiety disorders (ADs) have been recognized as one of the most prevalent mental disorders in mainland China, the prevalence of ADs has not been reported until now. The lack of a consolidated and comparable review on the prevalence of ADs in mainland China necessitated this meta-analysis to measure the prevalence. To identify the relevant studies on ADs for the analysis, we searched published studies in electronic databases up to July 2015. The pooled prevalence in the overall population and the prevalences by gender and location were estimated. A total of 21 studies were included in the analysis. The pooled current/lifetime prevalences of ADs, generalized AD, non-specific AD, panic disorder, social phobia, agoraphobia, specific phobia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder were 24.47‰/41.12‰, 5.17‰/4.66‰, 8.30‰/6.89‰, 1.08‰/3.44‰, 0.70‰/4.11‰, 0.19‰/2.15‰, 0.63‰/19.61‰, 0.49‰/1.83‰, and 0.90‰/3.17‰, respectively. Subgroup analyses indicated that compared with males, females had a consistently significantly higher prevalence of ADs. However, no difference was observed between those in urban and rural areas. The pooled prevalence of ADs was relatively lower than those of some other countries. A higher prevalence of ADs in women than in men was commonly observed, whereas the prevalences in urban and rural areas were nearly the same.
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