Psychological distress among re-education through labour camp detainees in Guangxi Autonomous Region, China

Abstract: There is currently no information about the prevalence of, and factors contributing to psychological distress experienced by re-education through labour camp detainees in China. [Methods:] A cross-sectional face-to-face survey was conducted in three labour camps in Guangxi, China. The questionnaire covered socio-demographic characteristics; sexually transmissible infections (STIs); drug use; psychological distress (K-10); and health service usage and access inside the labour camps. K-10 scores were categorised as ≤30 (low to moderate distress) and  >30 or more (highly distressed). Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models identified factors independently associated with high K-10 scores for men and women separately. [Results:] In total, 755 detainees, 576 (76%) men and 179 (24%) women, participated in the health survey. The study found 11.6% men versus 11.2% women detainees experienced high psychological distress, but no significant gender differences were observed (p>

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Postprint
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Journal of Mental Health ; 26 (2017) 1 ; 57-65

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Mannheim
(wer)
SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
(wann)
2017
Urheber
Yap, Lorraine
Donovan, Basil
Zhang, Lei
Wand, Handan
Butler, Tony
Chen, Yi
Liu, Wei
Wu, Zunyou
Li, Jianghong
Shu, Su

DOI
10.1080/09638237.2016.1276529
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021100709165800708634
Rechteinformation
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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