Factors associated with depression among prisoners in southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of depression and associated factors among prisoners in Hawassa Central Correctional Institution, Hawassa, SNNPR, Ethiopia. RESULT: 56.4% of study participants had significant depressive symptoms. During Multiple logistic regression, depression was significantly a...

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Autores principales: Bedaso, Asres, Kediro, Gemechu, Yeneabat, Tebikew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Research Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6122681/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30176922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3745-3
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of depression and associated factors among prisoners in Hawassa Central Correctional Institution, Hawassa, SNNPR, Ethiopia. RESULT: 56.4% of study participants had significant depressive symptoms. During Multiple logistic regression, depression was significantly associated with not participating in income generating activities inside the prison [AOR = 0.531 95% CI (0.32, 0.87)], History of Chronic disease [AOR = 2.62 95% CI (1.29, 5.32)] and history of Khat chewing [AOR = 2.47, 95% CI (1.04–5.85)]. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s13104-018-3745-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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