Open AccessDepression in Ugandan Rural Women Involved in a Money Saving Group: The Role of Spouse’s Unemployment, Extramarital Relationship, and Substance Use
Author(s) -
Mark Mohan Kaggwa,
Brendah Namatanzi,
Moses Kule,
Rahel Nkola,
Sarah Maria Najjuka,
Firoj AlMamun,
Ismail Hosen,
Mohammed A. Mamun,
Scholastic Ashaba
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of women's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 45
ISSN - 1179-1411
DOI - 10.2147/ijwh.s323636
Subject(s) - spouse , depression (economics) , medicine , unemployment , demography , addiction , psychiatry , cohort , psychology , sociology , anthropology , economics , macroeconomics , economic growth
Rural women are highly prevalent to depression, where spouse-related factors, including extramarital affairs and poverty, intensify its likelihood of occurrence. However, women engaged with a Money-Saving Group (MSG) are financially self-dependent, which can reduce the risk of depression suffering. Despite this, there is less study among this cohort, which led us to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of depression among the Ugandan women involved in MSG.