Mental health problems and socioeconomic disadvantage: a controlled household study in rural Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a lack of high quality population-based studies from low- and middle-income countries examining the relative economic status of households with and without a member with a mental health problem. The aim of the study was to explore the socio-economic status of households with a person with severe mental disorder (SMD; psychosis or bipolar disorder) or depression compared to households without an affected person.

Methods

A population-based, comparative, cross-sectional household survey was conducted in Sodo district, south Ethiopia, between January and November 2015. Two samples were recruited, each with its own comparison group. Sample (1): households of 290 community-ascertained persons with a clinician-confirmed diagnosis of SMD and a comparison group of

SUBMITTER: Hailemichael Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6670213 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature