School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia.
Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia.
BMC Psychiatry. 2022 Sep 1;22(1):582. doi: 10.1186/s12888-022-04230-5.
The prison populations are more affected by mental illness than the general population but little attention is given to this population. And there is a limitation of study on the magnitude of anxiety and its associated factors. So this study aimed to assess the magnitude of anxiety and its associated factors among prisoners in Arba Minch and Jinka town, Ethiopia.
An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 650 randomly selected prisoners at Arba Minch and Jinka town. Data was collected by using open data kit then converted to excel and exported to SPSS version 25 for analysis. Descriptive statistics including frequency, means, and proportion were performed. Binary logistic regression was used to identify the associated variables. P < 0.05 was used to declare statistical significance.
The proportion of Anxiety among prisoners was 28% [N = 174, (95%CI, 25-32%)]. Age ≥ 48 (AOR = 4.21, 95%CI 1.99-8.93), age 38-47 (3.95, 1.94-8.07), being an urban resident (2.48, 1.56-3.95), not doing physical exercise (2.71, 1.53-4.79), having a chronic disease (1.63, 1.07-2.47), having 1-2 stressful life events (2.92, 1.59-5.35), duration of punishment > 5 years (2.92, 1.59-5.35) and lack of income-generating job in prison (2.54, 1.48-4.35) were significantly associated with anxiety.
The magnitude of anxiety among prisoners was high. Age ≥ 48 and 38-47, urban residence, not doing physical exercise, having a chronic disease, having 1-2 stressful life events, duration of punishment > 5 years, and lack of income-generating job in prison were significantly associated with anxiety. Giving special attention and being supportive to older age and those who have a chronic disease, facilitating physical exercise, creating job opportunity in the prison, and giving training for prisoners on stress coping mechanism and anxiety is recommended.
监狱人口比一般人口更容易受到精神疾病的影响，但对这一人群的关注甚少。而且，关于焦虑的严重程度及其相关因素的研究也存在局限性。因此，本研究旨在评估埃塞俄比亚阿尔巴明奇和金加镇囚犯的焦虑严重程度及其相关因素。
在阿尔巴明奇和金加镇，对 650 名随机囚犯进行了基于机构的横断面研究。使用开放式数据工具收集数据，然后将其转换为 excel 并导出到 SPSS 版本 25 进行分析。进行了描述性统计，包括频率、平均值和比例。使用二元逻辑回归来确定相关变量。P<0.05 用于表示统计学意义。
囚犯中焦虑的比例为 28%[N=174，（95%CI，25-32%）]。年龄≥48 岁（AOR=4.21，95%CI 1.99-8.93），年龄 38-47 岁（3.95，1.94-8.07），城市居民（2.48，1.56-3.95），不进行体育锻炼（2.71，1.53-4.79），患有慢性病（1.63，1.07-2.47），有 1-2 个压力生活事件（2.92，1.59-5.35），惩罚期限>5 年（2.92，1.59-5.35）和缺乏监狱内的创收工作（2.54，1.48-4.35）与焦虑显著相关。
囚犯的焦虑程度很高。年龄≥48 岁和 38-47 岁、城市居民、不进行体育锻炼、患有慢性病、有 1-2 个压力生活事件、惩罚期限>5 年以及缺乏监狱内的创收工作与焦虑显著相关。建议特别关注和支持年龄较大和患有慢性病的人，促进体育锻炼，在监狱创造就业机会，并为囚犯提供关于应对压力和焦虑的机制的培训。
