Ease of marital communication and depressive symptom severity among men and women in rural Uganda: cross-sectional, whole-population study.
Jordan JurinskyJessica M PerkinsBernard KakuhikireViola N NyakatoCharles BagumaJustin D RasmussenEmily N SatinskyPhionah AherezaJustus KananuraCarolyn M AudetDavid R BangsbergAlexander C TsaiPublished in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2021)
In this whole-population study of married adults in rural Uganda, difficulty of marital communication was associated with depression symptom severity. Additional research is needed to assess whether communication training facilitated by local leaders or incorporated into couples-based services might be a novel pathway to address mental health burden.