Prevalence and determinants of depression and/or anxiety among adults using Kenya Demographic and Health Survey of 2022: Multilevel logistic regression analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Depression and/or anxiety can be persistent or recurrent significantly affecting a person's capacity to manage daily life, job, and school. The burden of depression and anxiety is rising from time to time, with serious consequences for overall health. Depression and anxiety are crippling conditions that can impact individuals of the whole community. Despite the high prevalence of depression and/or anxiety few studies were conducted that show the diagnosis levels of depression and/or anxiety in the community, particularly in Kenya. Therefore, this study aims to determine the prevalence of depression and/or anxiety and their determinant factors among adults in Kenya using data sourced from the 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey.

Method

The Kenya demographic

SUBMITTER: Melkam M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11952211 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature