Psychological distress and social support among conflict refugees in urban, semi-rural and rural settlements in Uganda: burden and associations

Recent research shows that psychological distress is on the rise globally as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions imposed on populations to manage it. We studied the association between psychological distress and social support among conflict refugees in urban, semi-rural and rural set...

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Published in:Conflict and health 2022-05, Vol.16 (1), p.25-12, Article 25
Main Authors: Seruwagi, Gloria, Nakidde, Catherine, Lugada, Eric, Ssematiko, Maria, Ddamulira, Dunstan P, Masaba, Andrew, Luswata, Brian, Ochen, Eric A, Okot, Betty, Muhangi, Denis, Lawoko, Stephen
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adequacy
Anxiety
Attachment
Availability
Conflict
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Data collection
Demographic variables
Demographics
Disease transmission
Domestic violence
Emotional abuse
Households
Human settlements
Inequality
Medical research
Mental health
Mental health services
MHPSS
Pandemics
Peers
Population
Post traumatic stress disorder
Psychological distress
Psychological research
Psychological stress
Refugee camps
Refugees
Rural areas
Social factors
Social interaction
Social interactions
Social networks
Social organization
Social support
Statistical significance
Support services
Urban / rural
Urban refugees
Variation
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Summary:Recent research shows that psychological distress is on the rise globally as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions imposed on populations to manage it. We studied the association between psychological distress and social support among conflict refugees in urban, semi-rural and rural settlements in Uganda during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cross-sectional survey data on psychological distress, social support, demographics, socio-economic and behavioral variables was gathered from 1014 adult refugees randomly sampled from urban, semi-rural and rural refugee settlements in Uganda, using two-staged cluster sampling. Data was analyzed in SPSS-version 22, and statistical significance was assumed at p 
ISSN:1752-1505
1752-1505
DOI:10.1186/s13031-022-00451-3