Prevalence of depression among Bangladeshi village women subsequent to a natural disaster: A pilot study
| Autor: | Zinat Fatima Papia, Sadia Tasfina, David Gozal, Nafisa Lira Huq, Mohammed A. Mamun |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Rural Population Adolescent Natural Disasters Pilot Projects 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Environmental health Surveys and Questionnaires Prevalence Medicine Humans Risk factor Natural disaster Biological Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) Bangladesh Emergency management business.industry Cyclonic Storms Depression Mental health 030227 psychiatry Patient Health Questionnaire Psychiatry and Mental health Family member Cross-Sectional Studies Absenteeism Income Female business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Psychiatry research. 276 |
| ISSN: | 1872-7123 |
| Popis: | Women living in disaster-prone areas are at risk of developing and suffering from mental health problems, such as depression. However, this issue has not been studied previously among village dwelling women in Bangladesh. Improved knowledge of post-disaster depression rates and its risk factors could facilitate design and implementation of targeted disaster management protocols. Therefore, face-to-face surveys were conducted from September to October 2017 among 111 women in Dalbangha village, Bangladesh who survived cyclone Mora. Depression was assessed using the Bangla Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ-9) along with relevant socio-demographics and disaster-related variables. The prevalence of depression was 64.9% and 36.9% of the women failed to receive any alert prior to the disaster. Along with a wide range of post-disaster consequences, 36.0% were physically injured, 27.9% had to be absent from work with consequent income loss, and 17.1% experienced death of a family member. Lower age group (18-30 years), being an income earner, disaster-related physical injury, and post-disaster work absenteeism emerged as the risk factors associated with depressive symptoms. In light of current findings, disaster preparedness programs and management protocols should incorporate measures aimed at palliating the risk factor elements that promote depression among vulnerable women following a disaster. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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