Depression and Associated Factors Among Refugees Amidst Covid-19 in Nakivale Refugee Camp in Uganda
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic and health measures to prevent it have unprecedented effects on the mental health of the refugees. However, the situation of refugees in developing countries is unclear. Thus, this study estimated the prevalence of and associated demographic factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study employed a cross-sectional survey carried out in June 2020 in which 146 adult refugees from Nakivale settlement camp were randomly selected to fill out a questionnaires-demographics and PHQ9. Results revealed that the majority of respondents were female (53%) and 47% had a depressive disorder. There was no statistical relationship between demographics (gender, age, and marital status) and depressive disorders. In Conclusion, findings indicate that depressive disorders are prevalent among refugees in the Nakivale settlement and it is important to identify refugees affected mentally and given proper treatment
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SciScore for 10.1101/2020.10.21.20216754: (What is this?)
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Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement Consent: We obtained written consent from all study participants and followed all the guidelines and regulations set out by the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology for data collection during the pandemic as well as those of the Research Ethical Review Committee.
IACUC: We obtained written consent from all study participants and followed all the guidelines and regulations set out by the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology for data collection during the pandemic as well as those of the Research Ethical Review Committee.Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Tabl…
SciScore for 10.1101/2020.10.21.20216754: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement Consent: We obtained written consent from all study participants and followed all the guidelines and regulations set out by the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology for data collection during the pandemic as well as those of the Research Ethical Review Committee.
IACUC: We obtained written consent from all study participants and followed all the guidelines and regulations set out by the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology for data collection during the pandemic as well as those of the Research Ethical Review Committee.Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
No key resources detected.
Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
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- No protocol registration statement was detected.
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