AU - Hadipour, Maryam AU - Pourafkary, Nosratollah AU - Saramy, Firouz TI - Psychological Symptoms in Gastrointestinal Outpatients PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - ijpcp JN - ijpcp VO - 12 VI - 2 IP - 2 4099 - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-28-en.html 4100 - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-28-en.pdf SO - ijpcp 2 AB  - Short Scientific Article AbstractObjectives: This study was designed to determine the prevalence of psychological symptoms in gastrointestinal outpatients.Method: In this research 200 outpatients of a private internal clinic and Sina Gastroenterology Clinic in the city of Tabriz were selected by convenience sampling, and assessed through SCL-90-R. Data were analyzed using c2 test. Results: 51.5% of the subjects had psychological symptoms among which depression and somatization were the most prevalent. Pre-valence of symptoms was four times more in females than in males. Women and unemployed subjects scored higher in most scales of the test than men, with significant difference in somatization and anxiety scales (p CP - IRAN IN - Psychiatrist, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and Health Services. Razi Psychiatric Center, Eil-goli road, Tabriz, Iran, IR. LG - eng PB - ijpcp PG - 169 PT - Original Research YR - 2006