Background The WHO has classified depression as a disease of public *** officers are a particular subpopulation group that is at an increased risk for mental health *** study examined the prevalence of depression,suic...
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Background The WHO has classified depression as a disease of public *** officers are a particular subpopulation group that is at an increased risk for mental health *** study examined the prevalence of depression,suicidality and associated risk factors among police officers in urban *** The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of depression,suicidality and associated risk factors among police officers in *** A cross-sectional study was conducted between April 2019 and October 2020 among 550 participants in Dar es Salaam recruited using a multistage cluster sampling *** Patient Health Questionnaire-9 was used to screen for depression and *** Interpersonal Support Evaluation List-12 tool was used to measure perceived social *** statistics were summarised using frequencies and *** and multivariate analyses were used to establish associations between predictors of interest,depression and *** There were 497 participants in the *** these,76.6%(376 of 491)were men,and the median(IQR)age was 37.0(17)*** 19.8%(96 of 486)of the police officers screened positive for depression and 15.4%(75 of 413)for suicidality.A significant proportion was either moderately(29 of 96,30.2%)or severely depressed(8 of 75,10.7%).Of those who experienced suicidal thoughts,10.7%(8 of 75)reported having daily suicidal *** low social support was associated with an increased risk of reporting depression(adjusted OR(aOR):28.04,95%CI:8.42 to 93.37,p<0.001)and suicidality(aOR:10.85,95%CI:3.56 to 33.08,p<0.001)as compared with those with high perceived social *** The magnitude of depression and suicidality among police officers in urban Tanzania is alarmingly *** study findings indicate the need for routine screening for depression and suicidality among police officers and design appropriate mental health responsive services in thi
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