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Using bivariate and logistic regression analyses, lifetime prevalence rates of PEs were estimated then compared before and after adjustment for socio-demographics, Arab ethnicity, psychological distress, and OBMT.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291719000977_sec_a3\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Prevalence of PEs was 27.9%. Visual hallucinations were most common (12.8%), followed by persecutory delusions (6.7%) and auditory hallucinations (6.9%). Ideas of reference (3.6%) were least prevalent. PEs were significantly higher in Arabs (34.7%) compared with non-Arabs (16.4%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001) with the exception of ideas of reference and paranoid delusions. Female gender was associated with a higher prevalence of PEs in the Arab group only (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001). Prevalence of PEs was significantly higher among Arabs (48.8% <jats:italic>v.<\/jats:italic> 15.8%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001) and non-Arabs (35.2% <jats:italic>v.<\/jats:italic> 7.3%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001) with OBMT. Arab ethnicity (OR = 2.10, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.015), psychological distress (OR = 2.29 <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.003), and OBMT (OR = 6.25, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001) were independently associated with PEs after adjustment for all variables.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291719000977_sec_a4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Ethnicity, but not migration was independently associated with PEs. Evidence linking Arab ethnicity, female gender, and psychological distress to PEs through associations with OBMT was identified for future prospective investigations.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0033291719000977","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,28]],"date-time":"2019-05-28T07:05:04Z","timestamp":1559027104000},"page":"1110-1120","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":29,"title":["Lifetime prevalence and potential determinants of psychotic experiences in the general population of Qatar"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"50","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8844-3441","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Salma M.","family":"Khaled","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stacy Schantz","family":"Wilkins","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Woodruff","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/schbul\/sbr003"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00127-009-0012-x"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref37","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/h0041029"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12955-017-0783-9"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref62","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1192\/bjp.184.4.287"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref20","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archpsyc.1996.01830110060007"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref58","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1176\/appi.ajp.2007.07030423"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref35","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1192\/bjp.bp.117.205955"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref16","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/schbul\/1.14.48"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref60","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2016.01769"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref55","volume-title":"Stata Statistical Software: Release 13","year":"2013"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref32","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S0033291712001626"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref19","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S0033291711002911"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref49","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/schbul\/17.4.555"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref17","volume-title":"Applied Survey Data Analysis","author":"Heeringa","year":"2011"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref64","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/nature09563"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref54","volume-title":"Klinische Psychopathologie","author":"Schneider","year":"1959"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref36","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/CBO9780511544064.010"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref67","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/00048670802607188"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archgenpsychiatry.2011.1472"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref65","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S0033291717000915"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref61","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/schbul\/sbr196"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref46","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1348\/014466599162683"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref33","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/oxfordjournals.schbul.a007004"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref18","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1192\/bjp.185.4.298"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref31","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1467-8721.2006.00428.x"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref47","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/wps.20301"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref57","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2017.00775"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref23","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archpsyc.60.2.184"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref25","volume-title":"Survey Sampling","author":"Kish","year":"1965"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref29","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/ijpor\/eds008"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref50","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/0021-843X.101.2.361"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref41","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1126\/science.1251213"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref39","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/schbul\/sbq051"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2105\/AJPH.41.6.654"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref21","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1600-0447.1996.tb09886.x"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref30","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S0033291718002271"},{"key":"S0033291719000977_ref3","unstructured":"Bel-Air, F (2014) Demography, Migration, and Labour Market in Qatar. 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