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Mental Distress in Rural Areas of Indonesia

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Background:There is a higher prevalence of mental distress in rural areas compared to urban areas in Indonesia. The rural areasof Indonesia havevarious socio-demographic and sophisticated cultural characteristics, but less exposed to foreign cultures. Thus, the study about the prevalence, associated factors, and predictors of mental distress in rural areasis necessary. Purpose:This study aimed to identify the population's status and related factors of mental distress in ruralareas inIndonesia.Methods:A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to achieve the aims of the study. An Indonesian version of the Self-Rated Questionnaire, consisting of 20 items, was used to measure mental distress status of populationin rural areasin Yogyakarta, Indonesia. A number of 872 records were included and analyzed using both univariate and bivariate analyses in this study.Results:The prevalence of mental distress in this population was 6%. The correlated factors of mental distress wereage (χ2=6.93, p=0.01), gender (χ2=0.07,p=0.03), occupation (χ2=0.26, p=0.02), housing dimension (χ2=5.45, p=0.02), and illness status (χ2=0.01, p

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Series Title

Nurse Media Journal of Nursing, Vol. 10 No. 1 April 2020

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(05) 610.5 DEP n

Publisher

Semarang : Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine Diponegoro University., 2020

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Hlm. 1-10

Language

English

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2087-7811

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(05) 610.5 DEP n

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Vol. 10 No. 1 April 2020

Subject(s)

Mental health
Community based screening
mental distress
rural area

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