Mental Emotional Disorders in the Community

Abstract

According to Indonesia Basic Health Research 2018, the prevalence of mental emotional disorders which is indicated by depression and anxiety symptoms reached 9.8% of the total households in Indonesia. Screening of mental emotional disorders in a population at risk needs to be done. Therefore, people with mental emotional disorders can be handled promptly and appropriately. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of mental emotional disorders in risk community through screening in the community as well as to find the related factors. This research was a descriptive-analytic study with a cross-sectional method which was conducted from January to April 2019. The subjects of this study were 104 people taken from 4 NCD-integrated health care post (Posbindu PTM), in Kasihan 2 Community Health Centre, Bantul District, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Inclusion criteria were 18-59 years old, cooperative, and willing to participate in the study. Exclusion criteria included having a serious physical illness, disability, comorbidity with substance abuse, or other serious mental disorders. The screening applied a selfreporting questionnaire (SRQ) 20. The data was processed using a computer program, SPSS. Descriptive data were presented categorically using the distribution frequency of subjects' characteristics and percentages of mental emotional disorders. Bivariate analysis using the chi-square test was used to evaluate the correlation among characteristic factors of the subjects and mental emotional disorders. Most subjects were in the age of 41-50, female, unemployed, and high school graduate. A total of 29 people (27.9%) of the subjects had mental emotional disorders, 45 people (43.3%) were easily feeling tired, and 35 people (33.7%) feel worried, tense, and anxious. There was one person who had a suicide idea. The factor associated with mental emotional disorders was the level of education (pvalue = 0.05). Mental emotional disorders were experienced by 27.9% of the subjects in this study with the most symptom was easily feeling tired. Screening of mental health disorders should be performed periodically in the community and primary care.