Investigation of Depression Status of Adana Brothel Sex Workers
Abstract
Objective: The aim of our study is to determine depression status of registered sex workers working in the Adana brothel.
Material and Methods: A questionnaire consisting of 21 questions regarding sociodemographic characteristics and sexual history, and Beck Depression Inventory(BDI) that aimed identifying cases of
depression were applied on participants.
Results: BDI mean score was 15.90±11.67, and median was 16 (min=0, max=44). BDI score those over 17 was 48.1%. There was a signifi cant relationship between age and incidence
of depressive symptoms (p=0.001), and a statistically signifi cant difference between education level and incidence of depressive symptoms were found in sex workers(p=0.01).
Logistic regression analysis performed using variables that have p-value less than 0.1 show that increasing age causes increase ofrisk of depressive symptoms.
Conclusion: In our study on sex workers, as the duration of working in the sector increased and the age of starting the profession decreased, rates of depressive symptoms increased.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
Health Care Administration
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Nazan Akcali
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Ersin Nazlican
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Muhsin Akbaba
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Burak Kurt
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Publication Date
July 6, 2017
Submission Date
April 24, 2017
Acceptance Date
June 28, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 7 Number: 2