Prevalence and predictors of depression among women in Afghanistan: a cross-sectional study

Neyazi, A, Haidarzada, AS, Rangelova, V, Erfan, A, Bashiri, B, Neyazi, M, Faizi, N, Konşuk-Ünlü, H and Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, 2023. Prevalence and predictors of depression among women in Afghanistan: a cross-sectional study. Discover Psychology, 3: 7. ISSN 2731-4537

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Abstract

Depression is a very common mental health illness characterized by a cluster of signs and symptoms ranging from mood disturbances and sleep or appetite disorders to physical manifestations of the body. The purpose of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of depression and its related factors among Afghan women. A cross-sectional study was conducted among women between July 14, 2021, to August 15, 2021, in Kabul, Mazar-e-Sharif and Samangan provinces (Afghanistan). A total of 664 Afghan women participated in the study (mean age = 28.85 years; SD ± 11.57). In order to assess depression among participants, the 19-item validated Dari version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale was used. Approximately four-fifths of the sample had depression symptoms (79.1%). Participants with depression symptoms were significantly more likely to (i) be aged over 30 years, (ii) live in rural areas, (iii) have a low-income level, (iv) not have an occupation, (v) have any disease/illness, and (vi) have experienced an event that had mentally affected them in the past month. Considering the high prevalence of depression symptoms among Afghan women, there is a need to integrate mental health services for women in Afghanistan. The use of interventions including regular screening for depression symptoms, and educating women and girls concerning the symptoms of depression for early self-diagnosis are essential.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Discover Psychology
Creators:	Neyazi, A., Haidarzada, A.S., Rangelova, V., Erfan, A., Bashiri, B., Neyazi, M., Faizi, N., Konşuk-Ünlü, H. and Griffiths, M.D.
Publisher:	Springer
Date:	6 March 2023
Volume:	3
ISSN:	2731-4537
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1007/s44202-023-00068-4 DOI 1738825 Other
Rights:	© The Author(s) 2023. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	07 Mar 2023 09:58
Last Modified:	07 Mar 2023 09:58
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/48465

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