| dc.description.abstract | Depression is one of the leading contributors of the burden of disease
globally and in low- and middle-income countries, and refugees are at increased
risk for mental health problems due to forced migration from their home countries
and other traumatic experiences.
Objectives: To explore the determinants of help-seeking behaviours among
persons with depression in Kyaka II Refugee Settlement Camp in Kyegegwa District.
Specifically, the study examined the personal and health system factors that
influence the help-seeking behaviours among refugees suffering from depression.
Methods: The study was cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical, both qualitative
and quantitative in approach. A sample of 237 refugees newly diagnosed with
depression in Kyaka II Refuge Settlement Camp in Kyegegwa District was studied.
Data from primary respondents was collected by survey method using researcher-
administered questionnaire and analysis was done.
Results: The demographic factors that were found to have an influence on help-
seeking behaviour were gender (p=0.028), marital status (p=0.001) and religion
(p=0.002). Indeed, religion significantly influenced the help-seeking behaviors of
persons with depression (COR=2.381, 95% CI=1.359-4.172, p=0.002), implying
that those who were protestants were at least two times more likely to seek help
for depression from a health facility than those who belonged to other religions.
There is no significant between most health system factors and help seeking
behaviours, except receiving services when needed (p=0.000) and experience at
healthcare facility (p=0.000).
Conclusion: At Kyaka II Refuge Settlement Camp in Kyegegwa, refugees and asylum
seekers suffering from depression try out several measures in seeking help for
their depression predicament. However, only a sizeable proportion of them seek
professional care on realizing that they are suffering from depression. Many of
them seek relief from spiritualists/religious leaders and traditional healers. | en_US |
