A Mixed Method Study Protocol on Contributing Factors of Depression among Adults Inmates in a Local Prison Malaysia

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To Cite this Article: Rao, G., Minhat, H. S., Sahar, H. K., & Mukhtar, F. (2018). A Mixed Method Study Protocol on Contributing Factors of Depression among Adults Inmates in a Local Prison Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8(2), 635–644.


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A Mixed Method Study Protocol on Contributing Factors of Depression among Adults Inmates in a Local Prison Malaysia

Gunenthira Rao1,2, Halimatus Sakdiah Minhat2, Hayati Kadir Sahar2, Firdaus Mukhtar3
1Ministry of Health, Malaysia, 2Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, 3Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

Abstract
Mental health is a global public health concern. Living in institutions, including imprisonment, make the inmates susceptible to depression. The objective of this research is to determine and explore the contributing factors of depression among adult prison inmates in a Malaysian local prison. The study utilizes the explanatory sequential mixed method approach. In the first phase, the quantitative hypothesis will be used to address the association between depression and biological, psychological, and social factors among the respondents. It will use a validated questionnaire from approximately 456 inmates using random sampling which was constructed based on the Biopsychosocial theory. The level of depression will be measured using the Center for Epidemiology Study Depression Scale (CES-D). In the second phase, in-depth interviews will be steered among depressed inmates recognized through purposive sampling. Univariate, bivariate and multivariate analyses will be used in quantitative statistics, meanwhile, the qualitative phase encompass a series of in-depth interviews where it will be discontinued once the saturation point is attained. The content of the interviews will be recorded and transcribe verbatim using thematic analysis. It is anticipated this study will enlighten the causative factors of depression and will gratify a novel modality to reduce depression.
Keywords: Depression, Inmates, Prison, Adult, Mixed Method.

Introduction
Prison is an institution intended as a sentence for individuals who had run afoul against the law. It is an establishment to punish individual who acquainted with delinquencies, safeguard the community from crimes, and transform them into law abiding residents, thus reduce re-offending (Armour et al, 2012). Besides that, prison also serve as a rehabilitation center to change inmates into a better person through educational courses in prison, teaching job skills, religious activity and counselling services. However it has been conclusively shown that incarceration increases vulnerabilities and exacerbates mental health problems (Armour, 2012). This contributed to the fact that inmates were among the underprivileged and stigmatized persons in the community. Alongside physical health issues, many suffer from mental illnesses too (Unver, Yuce, Bayram, & Bilgel, 2013. Epidemiological studies conducted across many regions have describe

In-Text Citation: (Rao, Minhat, Sahar, & Mukhtar, 2018)
To Cite this Article: Rao, G., Minhat, H. S., Sahar, H. K., & Mukhtar, F. (2018). A Mixed Method Study Protocol on Contributing Factors of Depression among Adults Inmates in a Local Prison Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8(2), 635–644.

Copyright: © 2018 The Author(s)
Published by Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (www.hrmars.com)
This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this license may be seen at: http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode