TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in poor mental health among Iranian adult population: results from the PERSIAN cohort study
JO  - BMC psychiatry
A1  - Najafi, Farid
A1  - Pasdar, Yahya
A1  - Karami Matin, Behzad
A1  - Rezaei, Satar
A1  - Kazemi Karyani, Ali
A1  - Soltani, Shahin
A1  - Soofi, Moslem
A1  - Rezaeian, Shahab
A1  - Zangeneh, Alireza
A1  - Moradinazar, Mehdi
A1  - Hamzeh, Behrooz
A1  - Jorjoran Shushtari, Zahra
A1  - sajjadipour, Mansour
A1  - Eslami, Saeid
A1  - khosrojerdi, Maryam
A1  - Shabestari, Sahar
A1  - Mehrparvar, Amir Houshang
A1  - Kashi, Zahra
A1  - Nejatizadeh, Azim
A1  - Naghipour, Mohammadreza
A1  - Sadeghi Boogar, Shahrokh
A1  - Fakhari, Ali
A1  - Cheraghian, Bahman
A1  - Heidari, Haydeh
A1  - Molavi, Parviz
A1  - Hajizadeh, Mohammad
A1  - Salimi, Yahya
SP  - e229
EP  - e229
VL  - 20
IS  - 1
N2  - Socioeconomic inequality in mental health in Iran is poorly understood. This study aimed to assess socioeconomic inequality in poor mental health among Iranian adults.    Methods  The study used the baseline data of PERSIAN cohort study including 131,813 participants from 17 geographically distinct areas of Iran. The Erreygers Concentration index (E) was used to quantify the socioeconomic inequalities in poor mental health. Moreover, we decomposed the E to identify factors contributing to the observed socioeconomic inequality in poor mental health in Iran.    Results  The estimated E for poor mental health was − 0.012 (95% CI: − 0.0144, − 0.0089), indicating slightly higher concentration of mental health problem among socioeconomically disadvantaged adults in Iran. Socioeconomic inequality in poor mental health was mainly explained by gender (19.93%) and age (12.70%). Region, SES itself, and physical activity were other important factors that contributed to the concentration of poor mental health among adults with low socioeconomic status.    Conclusion  There exists nearly equitable distribution in poor mental health among Iranian adults, but with important variations by gender, SES, and geography. These results suggested that interventional programs in Iran should focus on should focus more on socioeconomically disadvantaged people as a whole, with particular attention to the needs of women and those living in more socially disadvantaged regions.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1471-244X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02596-y
ID  - ref1
ER  -