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ArticlePsychiatry journal2022

Common Mental Disorder and Its Associated Factors among Prisoners in North Wollo Zone Correctional Institutions, Northeastern Ethiopia.

Kindie Mekuria Tegegne, Teshome Gebremeskel Aragie, Mekonnin Tesfa Lemma, Yossef Teshome Zikarg, Solomon Moges Demeke

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Article in Psychiatry journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kindie Mekuria TegegneWoldia University, College of Health Science, Department of Psychiatry, P.O Box 400, Woldia, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4505-1285
Teshome Gebremeskel AragieWoldia University, College of Health Science, Department of Anatomy, P.O Box 400, Woldia, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6968-5605
Mekonnin Tesfa LemmaWoldia University, College of Health Science, Department of Physiology, P.O Box 400, Woldia, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9456-1316
Yossef Teshome ZikargAddis Ababa University, College of Health Science, School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, P.O Box 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8150-5873
Solomon Moges DemekeWoldia University, College of Health Science, Department of Psychiatry, P.O Box 400, Woldia, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9795-772X
Woldia University · ETAddis Ababa University · ET

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Globally, about 450 million people suffer from mental disorders of which about 11% are assumed to be prisoners. The presence of mental illness among prisoners contributes to an increase in the risk of suicide, violence, morbidity, and mortality. In Ethiopia, there is a paucity of data particularly from resource-limited areas to assist policy maker's efforts in reforming mental health care. Objective: This study is aimed at assessing common mental disorders and its associated factors among prisoners in North Wollo zone correctional institutions, Northeastern Ethiopia. Method: Institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 401 study participants from January-February 2021. A simple random sampling technique was employed to enroll the study participants. Structured interviewer-administered Self Reporting Questionnaires-20 (SRQ-20) developed by the World Health Organization was used to collect the data. Data were checked for completeness, coded and entered into Epi data version 4.2, and transferred to SPSS version 23.0 for final analysis. Binary logistic regression analysis was carried out to identify factors associated with common mental disorders. Statistical significance was declared at Results: The prevalence of common mental disorders was found to be 63.6% (95% CI 58.9, 68.3). After adjusting for confounding factors using multiple logistic regression, having children (AOR = 3.7, 95% CI: 1.93, 7.36), poor social support (AOR = 6.6, 95% CI: 2.93, 14.93), history of mental illness (AOR = 6.5, 95% CI: 1.78, 24.3), one- to five-year prison stay (AOR = 2.6, 95% CI: 1.38, 5.04), greater than five-year prison stay (AOR = 5.7, 95% CI: 2.05, 16.27), experiencing one stressful life event (AOR = 5.2, 95% CI: 1.83, 15.01), experiencing two or more stressful life events (AOR = 7.3, 95% CI: 2.98, 17.9), unavailability of reading materials (AOR = 4.3, 95% CI: 1.63, 11.43), and greater than or equal to eleven years of sentences (AOR = 4.4, 95 CI: 1.82, 10.70) were factors significantly associated with common mental disorders. Conclusion: Common mental disorders are highly prevalent among prisoners in this study area. The result of this study suggests the importance of screening and providing psychiatric counseling to this highly vulnerable population.

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