Eugene Kinyanda|Patrick Woodburn|Joshua Tugumisirize|Johnson Kagugube|Sheila Ndyanabangi|Vikram Patel
Poverty, life events and the risk for depression in Uganda
Uganda Virus Research Institute|Uganda Virus Research Institute|Makerere University|Ministry of Health
understanding determinants major depression subsaharan africa important planning effective intervention strategies investigate social lifeevent determinants major depressive disorder african sociocultural context rural uganda crosssection survey carried 14 districts uganda 1 june 2003 30 october 2004 4660 randomly selected respondents 15 years interviewed primary outcome presence probable major depressive disorder pmdd assessed hopkins symptom checklist prevalence pmdd 293 95 confidence interval 280306 factors independently associated depression genders included ecological factor district age increase age category 35 years indices poverty deprivation formal education employment broken family socioeconomic classes iiiv adverse life events notably suggestive disrupted family background death father females death mother males associated increased risk socioeconomic sociodemographic factors operating ecological individual level strongest independent determinants depression adverse life events less strongly associated depression sample