Table 2.
Mental health status as reported by female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India, 2014
| Indicators | Per cent | Mobility status |
p Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over the past 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems | No mobility | Within district | Outside district | ||
| Little interest or pleasure in doing things | 0.000 | ||||
| Not at all | 44.1 | 44.2 | 47.1 | 38.4 | |
| Several days | 33.7 | 38.7 | 29.7 | 27.8 | |
| More than half the days | 19.9 | 15.4 | 20.4 | 30.7 | |
| Nearly every day | 2.3 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 3.1 | |
| Feeling down, depressed or hopeless | 0.000 | ||||
| Not at all | 54.7 | 62.1 | 52.2 | 39.7 | |
| Several days | 23.4 | 19.6 | 25.6 | 29.4 | |
| More than half the days | 16.9 | 13.9 | 18.0 | 22.7 | |
| Nearly every day | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 8.2 | |
| Mental health screening status | 0.000 | ||||
| No/low depression | 70.7 | 78.3 | 69.9 | 52.5 | |
| Major depression | 29.3 | 21.7 | 30.1 | 47.5 | |
| N | 100.0 (2400) | 100.0 (1162) | 100.0 (785) | 100.0 (453) | |
The mental health status index was calculated considering a score of 3 on the PHQ-2 scale as the optimal cut-off point to indicate that the screen was positive for depression (1=having major depression (≥3 score) and 0=no and low depression (<3 score)).
PHQ-2, Patient Health Questionnaire-2.