Prevalence of somatisation and psychologisation among patients visiting primary health care centres in the State of Qatar.

Background: Medically unexplained somatic complaints are among the most common clinical presentations in primary care in developing countries and they are considerable burden for patients and health care system.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of somatisation in comparison to psychologisation among a sample of Qatari patients who were visiting primary health care (PHC) centres and to investigate the clinical and socio-demographic characteristics of somatisers (STs) and psychologisers (PGs).

Method: The survey was conducted among PHC Qatari patients during the period from January to July 2007.

Prevalence of erectile dysfunction among hypertensive and nonhypertensive Qatari men.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of erectile dysfunction, its severity, and other sexual function domains in hypertensive and normotensive Qatari's men and to estimate the association between hypertension and predictors of erectile dysfunction.

Material And Methods: A matched case-control study was conducted at the primary health care clinics during a period from May to October 2006. Four hundred twenty-five hypertensive patients and 425 age-matched normotensive attendants of primary health care clinics, aged 30-75 years, were approached for the study.

The prevalence of hypertension and its associated risk factors in a newly developed country.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of hypertension and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and its association with the sociodemographic, behavioral, and lifestyle characteristics of the adult qatari population.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, which was carried out in primary health care clinics (PHCs). The survey was conducted from January through to July 2003 among qatari nationals 25-65-years of age.