, Postcode 185093, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
, Postcode 1971, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
BMC Psychiatry. 2020 May 13;20(1):231. doi: 10.1186/s12888-020-02638-5.
Housemaids are part of women with low socioeconomic status and most of them are migrant from rural to central part of Ethiopia, less educated, either with poor, separated, single or divorced family and/or dead parents. Housemaid may experience problems like depression and anxiety more than other groups of women. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the magnitude and determinants of those problems among housemaids.
To assess the magnitude and determinants of depression & anxiety among housemaids in Addis Ababa; Ethiopia; 2018.
Community based cross-sectional study was conducted from May 1 to August 30, 2018 among housemaids working in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Multistage sampling technique was applied with a total of 826 samples. Quantitative data was employed by using structured questionnaires. The collected data was coded, entered in to Epi-Info version 7 and analyzed by using SPSS version 20. Descriptive, analytical statistical procedures; bivariate and multivariate binary logistic regressions with odds ratios and 95% confidence interval was employed. The statistical significance was declared at p value < 0.05.
This study enrolled 862 participants with response rate 99.5%, 99.5% refers to the number of people who actually completed the interview. The result showed prevalence of depression and anxiety among housemaids 27.5% and 32.3% respectively. Among all participants 44.6% (95% CI= 41.0 - 47.9) have mild, 18.5% (95% CI= 15.7 - 21.2) have moderate and 6.1% (95% CI= 4.5 - 7.8) have severe form of comorbid anxiety with depression. Depression (44.9%) and anxiety (41.9%) found more prevalent among the age group 16 to 20. In this study history of parental divorce, participant's divorce, physical violence and sexual violence are positively associated. Other factors; being less educated and living with relatives; were associated negatively.
The prevalence of Depression and Anxiety is found high among housemaid; its prevalence is more among age group 16 to 20 than other age groups. Violence, participant's divorce, history of parental divorce and contraceptive use has positively associated with depression and anxiety.
女佣是社会经济地位较低的女性群体的一部分，她们大多来自埃塞俄比亚中部农村，受教育程度较低，家庭状况较差，与父母分离、单身或离异，或父母双亡。与其他女性群体相比，女佣可能更容易出现抑郁和焦虑等问题。因此，本研究旨在评估埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴女佣中这些问题的严重程度和决定因素。
评估埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴女佣中抑郁和焦虑的严重程度和决定因素；2018 年。
2018 年 5 月 1 日至 8 月 30 日，在埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴，对从事家政工作的女佣进行了一项基于社区的横断面研究。采用多阶段抽样技术，共抽取 826 名样本。采用定量数据，使用结构化问卷。收集的数据进行编码，输入 Epi-Info 版本 7，并使用 SPSS 版本 20 进行分析。采用描述性、分析性统计程序；双变量和多变量二元逻辑回归，比值比和 95%置信区间。具有统计学意义的 P 值<0.05。
本研究共纳入 862 名参与者，应答率为 99.5%，99.5%是指实际完成访谈的人数。结果显示，女佣中抑郁和焦虑的患病率分别为 27.5%和 32.3%。在所有参与者中，44.6%（95%CI=41.0-47.9）为轻度、18.5%（95%CI=15.7-21.2）为中度和 6.1%（95%CI=4.5-7.8）为重度共患焦虑和抑郁。16 至 20 岁年龄组中，抑郁（44.9%）和焦虑（41.9%）更为常见。在这项研究中，父母离婚史、参与者离婚、身体暴力和性暴力呈正相关。其他因素；受教育程度较低和与亲属同住；呈负相关。
女佣中抑郁和焦虑的患病率较高；16 至 20 岁年龄组的患病率高于其他年龄组。暴力、参与者离婚、父母离婚史和避孕药具使用与抑郁和焦虑呈正相关。
