Mental Distress and Associated Factors Among Hospitalized Medical-Surgical Adult Inpatients in Public Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020: Cross-Sectional Study.

The prevalence of mental distress was high and being married, a private employee, daily laborer, living in a rural area, previous history of psychiatric illness, alcohol use, and comorbidity were associated with mental distress among hospitalized adult inpatients. Therefore, healthcare providers should provide special consideration to those groups of patients admitted to the hospital.