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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc. 2009 Jan–Mar;18(1):23–33. doi: 10.1017/s1121189x00001421

Table 5.

Disorder-specific global Sheehan Disability Scale ratings for commonly occurring mental and chronic physical disorders in developed and developing WMH countries

Proportion rated severely disabling
Developed Developing
% (se) % (se)


I. Physical disorders
 Arthritis 23.3 (1.5) 22.8 (3.0)
 Asthma 8.2* (1.4) 26.9 (5.4)
 Back/neck 34.6* (1.5) 22.7 (1.8)
 Cancer 16.6 (3.2) 23.9 (10.3)
 Chronic pain 40.9* (3.6) 24.8 (3.8)
 Diabetes 13.6 (3.4) 23.7 (6.1)
 Headaches 42.1* (1.9) 28.1 (2.1)
 Heart disease 26.5 (3.9) 27.8 (5.2)
 High blood pressure 5.3* (0.9) 23.8 (2.6)
 Ulcer 15.3 (3.9) 18.3 (3.6)
II. Mental disorders
 ADHD 37.6 (3.6) 24.3 (7.4)
 Bipolar 68.3* (2.6) 52.1 (4.9)
 Depression 65.8* (1.6) 52.0 (1.8)
 GAD 56.3* (1.9) 42.0 (4.2)
 IED 36.3 (2.8) 27.8 (3.6)
 ODD 34.2 (6.0) 41.3 (10.3)
 Panic disorder 48.4* (2.6) 38.8 (4.7)
 PTSD 54.8* (2.8) 41.2 (7.3)
 Social phobia 35.1 (1.4) 41.4 (3.6)
 Specific phobia 18.6 (1.1) 16.2 (1.6)