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. ( Sakarya Med J 2017, 7(2):85-91 ).
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