Mental health survey of adult population in Kermanshah County, 2015: Preliminary report

Background: Policies for mental health care are improving in Iran and accurate data is needed. There is no population based study about mental health from West of Iran. Methods: The study population was the entire adult (18 years old and above) inhabitants of Kermanshah county (the city and the related rural area). This population was 656683 from whom 83.6% lived in urban area and 16.4% lived in rural area. General health questionnaire (GHQ)-28 was completed by a randomly selected cluster sample (84.1% response rate) of urban and rural area of Kermanshah county, 2015. Results: A positive result was achieved from 39.1% (out of 2102). It was not related to gender, age group, job or marital status but illiterate participants, and those with lower economic level had higher scores. Conclusion: A considerable proportion of Kermanshah inhabitants, were screened positive for general health problems.