Mental health on two continua: mental wellbeing and common mental disorders in a community-based cross-sectional study with women in urban informal settlements in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We considered the suggestion that mental health is the product of two intersecting continua: psychological distress and mental wellbeing.

Objectives

To understand prevalences of low mental wellbeing, depression and anxiety, and examine associations between them and with sociodemographic variables.

Methods

In a cross-sectional survey in informal settlements, 4906 women aged 18-49 years answered questions on mental wellbeing (Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale: SWEMWBS) and symptoms of depression (Patient Health Questionnaire: PHQ-9) and anxiety (Generalised Anxiety Disorder: GAD-7). We used regression models to examine associations of lower mental wellbeing with symptoms suggesting moderate-to-severe depression and anxiety, and with sociodemograp

SUBMITTER: Kanougiya S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11463130 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature