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Table 3 Prevalence of CMD among spouses and non-spouse caregivers of left-behind families

From: Common mental disorders among adult members of ‘left-behind’ international migrant worker families in Sri Lanka

Disorder

Whole sample

IMW spouse

IMW family caregiver

(95%CI)

(95%CI)

(95%CI)

N = 410

N = 277

N = 188

Any CMD

20.7 (16.9-24.3)

14.4 (10.3-18.6)

29.8 (23.2-36.4)

Depression

17.6 (14.1-21.1)

12.3 (8.3-16.1)

25.5 (19.2-31.8)

Somatoform disorder

6.9 (4.5-9.1)

3.6 (1.4-5.8)

11.7 (7.0-16.3)

Anxiety

2.1 (0.8-3.4)

1.1 (0.1-2.3)

3.7 (1.0-6.4)

  1. IMW- International Migrant Worker.