| Title |
Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Gender differences and prevalence in a Pakistani medical student population
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Psychiatry, April 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-244x-8-20 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ather M Taqui, Mehrine Shaikh, Saqib A Gowani, Fatima Shahid, Asmatullah Khan, Syed M Tayyeb, Minahil Satti, Talha Vaqar, Saman Shahid, Afreen Shamsi, Hammad A Ganatra, Haider A Naqvi |
| Abstract |
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by a preoccupation with an imagined or slight defect which causes significant distress or impairment in functioning. Few studies have assessed gender differences in BDD in a non clinical population. Also no study assessed BDD in medical students. This study was designed to determine the point prevalence of BDD in Pakistani medical students and the gender differences in prevalence of BDD, body foci of concern and symptoms of BDD. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 130 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 29 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 5% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 17 | 13% |
| Unknown | 50 | 38% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 37 | 28% |
| Psychology | 32 | 24% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 3% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 2% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 2% |
| Unknown | 51 | 39% |
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