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Citation

Muhwezi WW, Agren H, Musisi S. Soc. Psychiatry Psychiatr. Epidemiol. 2007; 42(1): 61-69.

Affiliation

Dept. of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda. wmuhwezi@med.mak.ac.ug

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00127-006-0132-5

PMID

17082896

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To explore whether the 4-item subjective well-being subscale could be used to detect a major depressive illness. Secondly, to describe the prevalence and characteristics of depressed health care attendees at primary healthcare centres. METHOD: Using a descriptive, cross-sectional study design, we interviewed 199 consecutive patients about their socio-demographics, subjective well-being (SWB), major depressive illness symptoms and depression severity. The instruments used were translated into Luganda. RESULTS: Point prevalence of a current Major Depressive Episode (MDE) was 31.6%. Using a one week reference period, we found that experiencing a lot of distress, having less energy or poor health, having poor emotional and psychological adjustment and not being satisfied with life were significantly more common among patients with a current MDE. The 4-item SWB subscale detected depression of up to 87.1% (95% CI: 0.818-0.923). In logistic regression, all four SWB items predicted a current MDE. CONCLUSION: Major depressive illness is a common at primary healthcare level in Uganda. Four simple questions reflecting SWB items have potential to detect diagnosable patients likely to have a current MDE, making general screening procedures less necessary.


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