Personality profile among primary care patients: experimenting with the Arabic IPDE ICD‐10

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of personality disorder (PD) among primary health care (PHC) patients, and to investigate the characteristic features of the International Personality Disorder Examination, the ICD‐10 module (IPDE ICD‐10). Method: A sample (n=158) PHC patients in Al Ain, United...

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Published in:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica 2002-01, Vol.105 (1), p.37-41
Main Authors: El‐Rufaie, O. E. F., Al‐Sabosy, M., Abuzeid, M. S. O., Ghubash, R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
dimensional measurement
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Personality disorders
Personality Disorders - diagnosis
Personality Disorders - epidemiology
personality inventory
Prevalence
Primary Health Care
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Surveys and Questionnaires
Techniques and methods
United Arab Emirates - epidemiology
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Summary:Objective: To estimate the prevalence of personality disorder (PD) among primary health care (PHC) patients, and to investigate the characteristic features of the International Personality Disorder Examination, the ICD‐10 module (IPDE ICD‐10). Method: A sample (n=158) PHC patients in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE) were interviewed by general practitioners (GPs) using the Arabic version of the IPDE ICD‐10. Results: Patients interviewed were 82 males and 76 females. Definite PD was identified in 12.7%. Prevalence rates among males and females were 9.8 and 15.8% consecutively. Commonest personality disorders were the schizoid (5.1%), anankastic (4.4%) and the emotionally unstable, borderline type (3.8%). Comorbidity of PD was manifested by 30% of definite PD patients. The mean dimensional scores of definite and probable PD patients were 5.6 and 4.3 consecutively. Conclusion: The IPDE‐ICD‐10 is useful but relatively time consuming with repetition and need of rephrasing in some items. Dimensional measurement proved essential.
ISSN:0001-690X
1600-0447
DOI:10.1034/j.1600-0447.2002.00413.x