Prevalence and Associated Factors of Depressive Disorder among Prisoners in Mekelle General Prison Center, Tigray, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study Design

Table 2

Clinical/health-related characteristics of prisoners in Mekelle General Prison Center, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2019 ().

Variables		Frequency (%)	Depression
			No, (%)	Yes, (%)
History of mental illness	Yes	21 (5.1)	5 (23.8%)	16 (76.2%)
	No	387 (94.9)	175 (45.2%)	212 (54.8%)
Family history of mental illness	Yes	35 (8.6)	11 (31.4%)	24 (68.6)
	No	373 (91.4)	169 (45.3%)	204 (54.7%)
Chronic physical illness	Yes	59 (14.5)	18 (30.5%))	41 (69.5%)
	No	349 (85.5)	162 (46.4%)	187 (53.6%)
Subjective response health status	I have good health	330 (80.9)	158 (47.9%)	172 (52.1%)
	I have poor health	78 (19.1)	22 (28.2%)	56 (71.8%)
Frequent follow-up with a health care provider	Yes	69 (16.9)	19 (27.5%)	50 (72.5%)
	No	339 (83.1)	161 (47.5%)	178 (52.5%)
Weight loss inside prison	Yes	229 (56.1)	70 (30.6%)	159 (69.4%)
	No	179 (43.9)	110 (61.5%)	69 (38.5%)