Original Research
Psychological distress and tension-type headache among health professional senior students in a historically black university in south africa.
South African Journal of Physiotherapy | Vol 58, No 2 | a119 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v58i2.119
| © 2002 S.L. Amosun, P. Naido
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 08 January 2002 | Published: 16 February 2002
Submitted: 08 January 2002 | Published: 16 February 2002
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S.L. Amosun, Division of Physiotherapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Cape Town, South AfricaP. Naido, Department of Physiotherapy, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
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Studies in well-defined populations contribute to the body ofevidence that the psychosocial aspects of people’s environment can have a substantial effect on their physical health. Senior students in health professional education programs were interviewed using structured instruments to assess the prevalence of psychological distress and tension-type headaches in a young adult university population. Almost 70%of the study sample was either at risk of becoming distressed, or already distressed with somatic or depressive symptoms. About two-thirds of thestudents reported symptoms of either tension-type headache or other typesof headache, while over 30% of all the students complained of tension-type headache. Almost 20% of the students whoreported symptoms of tension-type headache were also distressed, while another 47% were at risk of being distressed.The possible impact on the academic performance of the students and their future role as health care professionalsis discussed.
Keywords
distress; tension-type headache; health professional education programs; students
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