Social network analysis of psychological morbidity in an urban slum of Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study based on a community census.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To test whether social ties play any roles in mitigating depression and anxiety, as well as in fostering mental health among young men living in a poor urban community.

Setting

A cohort of all young men living in an urban slum in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.

Participants

All men aged 18-29 years (n=824) living in a low-income urban community at the time of the survey.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Unspecified psychological morbidity measured using the General Health Questionnaire, 12-item (GHQ-12), where lower scores suggest better mental status.

Results

The GHQ scores (mean=9.2, SD=4.9) suggest a significant psychological morbidity among the respondents. However, each additional friend is associated with a 0.063 SD lower GHQ sco

SUBMITTER: Rabbani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6082466 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature