Subjective health complaints are more prevalent in Maasais than in Norwegians

dc.contributor.author	Wilhelmsen, I.
dc.contributor.author	Mulindi, S.
dc.contributor.author	Snakok, D.
dc.contributor.author	Wilhelmsen, A. B.
dc.contributor.author	Eriksen, H. R.
dc.contributor.author	Ursin, H.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-04-22T09:16:39Z
dc.date.available	2013-04-22T09:16:39Z
dc.date.issued	2007
dc.identifier.citation	Nordic Journal of Psychiatry	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08039480701415319
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/16430
dc.description.abstract	The aim of this observational, population-based study was to compare subjective health complaints (SHC) in Norwegians, living in a Western welfare society, and Maasai people, living in rural Kenya under primitive conditions. An interview-based version of SHC inventory was used. Data from 320 Maasais were compared to data from 1243 Norwegians. The Maasais had significantly higher score than the Norwegians on 23 of 28 items, involving musculoskeletal, "pseudo-neurological" and gastrointestinal complaints. The Maasais, living under primitive conditions, close to nature, seems to have more SHC than Norwegians, living in a modern, highly developed and industrialized country.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Vol. 61 no. 4 (304-9);
dc.title	Subjective health complaints are more prevalent in Maasais than in Norwegians	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.publisher	Department of Behavioural Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya	en