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Characterizing multidimensional poverty in Migori County, Kenya and its association with depression.
Starnes, Joseph R; Di Gravio, Chiara; Irlmeier, Rebecca; Moore, Ryan; Okoth, Vincent; Rogers, Ash; Ressler, Daniele J; Moon, Troy D.
Afiliação
  • Starnes JR; Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Ashville, Tennessee, United States of America.
  • Di Gravio C; Lwala Community Alliance, Rongo, Migori County, Kenya.
  • Irlmeier R; Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America.
  • Moore R; Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America.
  • Okoth V; Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America.
  • Rogers A; Lwala Community Alliance, Rongo, Migori County, Kenya.
  • Ressler DJ; Lwala Community Alliance, Rongo, Migori County, Kenya.
  • Moon TD; Lwala Community Alliance, Rongo, Migori County, Kenya.
PLoS One ; 16(11): e0259848, 2021.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34784390
INTRODUCTION: Narrow, unidimensional measures of poverty often fail to measure true poverty and inadequately capture its drivers. Multidimensional indices of poverty more accurately capture the diversity of poverty. There is little research regarding the association between multidimensional poverty and depression. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was administered in five sub-locations in Migori County, Kenya. A total of 4,765 heads of household were surveyed. Multidimensional poverty indices were used to determine the association of poverty with depression using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8) depression screening tool. RESULTS: Across the geographic areas surveyed, the overall prevalence of household poverty (deprivation headcount) was 19.4%, ranging from a low of 13.6% in Central Kamagambo to a high of 24.6% in North Kamagambo. Overall multidimensional poverty index varied from 0.053 in Central Kamagambo to 0.098 in North Kamagambo. Of the 3,939 participants with depression data available, 481 (12.2%) met the criteria for depression based on a PHQ-8 depression score ≥10. Poverty showed a dose-response association with depression. CONCLUSIONS: Multidimensional poverty indices can be used to accurately capture poverty in rural Kenya and to characterize differences in poverty across areas. There is a clear association between multidimensional poverty and depressive symptoms, including a dose effect with increasing poverty intensity. This supports the importance of multifaceted poverty policies and interventions to improve wellbeing and reduce depression.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Pobreza / Depressão Tipo de estudo: Clinical_trials / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: Africa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Pobreza / Depressão Tipo de estudo: Clinical_trials / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: Africa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article