Prevalence and Severity of Depression and Its Association with Substance Use in Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia

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Severity of depression disorder in Jimma town, Southwest Ethiopia ( = 590). According to Beck’s Depression Inventory, cutoff value ≤13 is normal; score of 14–19 is mild depression; score of 20–28 is moderate depression; score of 29–63 is severe depression. Four hundred nineteen participants were normal and 29% had depression, out of which 17.3% had mild depression, 9.5% had moderate depression, and 2.2% had severe depression.