Mapping the research activity on psychiatric disorders in Bahrain : a 40-year analysis
Joint Authors
al-Ansari, Ahmad Malalla
Jahrami, Haytham Ali
Source
Issue
Vol. 43, Issue 1 (31 Mar. 2021), pp.376-378, 3 p.
Publisher
King Hamad University Hospital
Publication Date
2021-03-31
Country of Publication
Bahrain
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective: To map all the published, unpublished and ongoing psychiatric research in the Kingdom of Bahrain over the past 40 years.
Design: A Scoping Review.
Setting: Ministry of Health, Bahrain.
Method: Data were collected by electronic database search including Medline, EMBASE, Scopus (1980-2019), personal contact, and records of the secondary health care research committee.
Researches were tabulated according to type, design, target population, and clinical categories.
Result: Six hundred fifty-three published papers, 37 unpublished reports, and 17 ongoing projects were reviewed.
Number (80%) were published between 2015 and 2019.
General adult psychiatry papers constituted 275 (38.9%) followed by geriatric psychiatry, 154 (21.8%).
The majority of published material was describing health services in 472 (66.8%) followed by epidemiology prevalence in 157 (22.2%) and diagnosis and treatment in 24 (3.4%).
Two hundred thirty-five (33.2%) of research addressed depressive disorders, 124 (17.5%) schizophrenia, 86 (12.2%) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, 92 (13%) autism spectrum disorder, 84 (11.9%) bipolar disorder and 32 (4.5%) dementia.
Studies utilized cross-sectional design in 585 (82.7%), 42 (5.9%) case-controls and 25 (3.5%) systematic review and meta-analysis.
Conclusion: Long-term follow-up studies, cohort, national prevalence rate of disorders, and clinical trials were lacking.
The performance evaluation of staff for promotion and future training opportunities should have a component of research productivity.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Ansari, Ahmad Malalla& Jahrami, Haytham Ali. 2021. Mapping the research activity on psychiatric disorders in Bahrain : a 40-year analysis. Bahrain Medical Bulletin،Vol. 43, no. 1, pp.376-378.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1440278
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Ansari, Ahmad Malalla& Jahrami, Haytham Ali. Mapping the research activity on psychiatric disorders in Bahrain : a 40-year analysis. Bahrain Medical Bulletin Vol. 43, no. 1 (Mar. 2021), pp.376-378.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1440278
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Ansari, Ahmad Malalla& Jahrami, Haytham Ali. Mapping the research activity on psychiatric disorders in Bahrain : a 40-year analysis. Bahrain Medical Bulletin. 2021. Vol. 43, no. 1, pp.376-378.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1440278
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 378
Record ID
BIM-1440278