Prevalence and factors associated with psychological distress among key populations in Nigeria

Bartholomew Ochonye; Godwin Emmanuel; Roger Abang; Olaniyi Felix Sanni; Paul Umoh; Abiye Kalaiwo; Nanribet Mwoltu; Paul Amechi; Olugbemi Motilewa

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0300901

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Prevalence and factors associated with psychological distress among key populations in Nigeria

Bartholomew Ochonye ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bartholomew Ochonye, Godwin Emmanuel, Roger Abang, Olaniyi Felix Sanni, Paul Umoh, Abiye Kalaiwo, Nanribet Mwoltu, Paul Amechi, Olugbemi Motilewa

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Research and Development Department, Heartland Alliance, Abuja, Nigeria
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Godwin Emmanuel ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bartholomew Ochonye, Godwin Emmanuel, Roger Abang, Olaniyi Felix Sanni, Paul Umoh, Abiye Kalaiwo, Nanribet Mwoltu, Paul Amechi, Olugbemi Motilewa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Research and Development Department, Heartland Alliance, Abuja, Nigeria
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Roger Abang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bartholomew Ochonye, Godwin Emmanuel, Roger Abang, Olaniyi Felix Sanni, Paul Umoh, Abiye Kalaiwo, Nanribet Mwoltu, Paul Amechi, Olugbemi Motilewa

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Research and Development Department, Heartland Alliance, Abuja, Nigeria
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Olaniyi Felix Sanni ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bartholomew Ochonye, Godwin Emmanuel, Roger Abang, Olaniyi Felix Sanni, Paul Umoh, Abiye Kalaiwo, Nanribet Mwoltu, Paul Amechi, Olugbemi Motilewa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

* E-mail: sfelix@heartlandalliancenigeria.org

Affiliation Research and Development Department, Heartland Alliance, Abuja, Nigeria

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7761-3604

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Paul Umoh ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bartholomew Ochonye, Godwin Emmanuel, Roger Abang, Olaniyi Felix Sanni, Paul Umoh, Abiye Kalaiwo, Nanribet Mwoltu, Paul Amechi, Olugbemi Motilewa

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research and Development Department, Heartland Alliance, Abuja, Nigeria
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Abiye Kalaiwo ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bartholomew Ochonye, Godwin Emmanuel, Roger Abang, Olaniyi Felix Sanni, Paul Umoh, Abiye Kalaiwo, Nanribet Mwoltu, Paul Amechi, Olugbemi Motilewa

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Program Management, USAID, Abuja, Nigeria
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Nanribet Mwoltu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bartholomew Ochonye, Godwin Emmanuel, Roger Abang, Olaniyi Felix Sanni, Paul Umoh, Abiye Kalaiwo, Nanribet Mwoltu, Paul Amechi, Olugbemi Motilewa

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research and Development Department, Heartland Alliance, Abuja, Nigeria
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Paul Amechi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bartholomew Ochonye, Godwin Emmanuel, Roger Abang, Olaniyi Felix Sanni, Paul Umoh, Abiye Kalaiwo, Nanribet Mwoltu, Paul Amechi, Olugbemi Motilewa

Roles Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research and Development Department, Heartland Alliance, Abuja, Nigeria
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Olugbemi Motilewa

Contributed equally to this work with: Bartholomew Ochonye, Godwin Emmanuel, Roger Abang, Olaniyi Felix Sanni, Paul Umoh, Abiye Kalaiwo, Nanribet Mwoltu, Paul Amechi, Olugbemi Motilewa

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
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Prevalence and factors associated with psychological distress among key populations in Nigeria

Bartholomew Ochonye,
Godwin Emmanuel,
Roger Abang,
Olaniyi Felix Sanni,
Paul Umoh,
Abiye Kalaiwo,
Nanribet Mwoltu,
Paul Amechi,
Olugbemi Motilewa

Published: April 16, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300901

About the Authors

Bartholomew Ochonye

Contributed equally to this work with: Bartholomew Ochonye, Godwin Emmanuel, Roger Abang, Olaniyi Felix Sanni, Paul Umoh, Abiye Kalaiwo, Nanribet Mwoltu, Paul Amechi, Olugbemi Motilewa

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Research and Development Department, Heartland Alliance, Abuja, Nigeria

Godwin Emmanuel

Contributed equally to this work with: Bartholomew Ochonye, Godwin Emmanuel, Roger Abang, Olaniyi Felix Sanni, Paul Umoh, Abiye Kalaiwo, Nanribet Mwoltu, Paul Amechi, Olugbemi Motilewa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Research and Development Department, Heartland Alliance, Abuja, Nigeria

Roger Abang

Contributed equally to this work with: Bartholomew Ochonye, Godwin Emmanuel, Roger Abang, Olaniyi Felix Sanni, Paul Umoh, Abiye Kalaiwo, Nanribet Mwoltu, Paul Amechi, Olugbemi Motilewa

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Research and Development Department, Heartland Alliance, Abuja, Nigeria

Olaniyi Felix Sanni

Contributed equally to this work with: Bartholomew Ochonye, Godwin Emmanuel, Roger Abang, Olaniyi Felix Sanni, Paul Umoh, Abiye Kalaiwo, Nanribet Mwoltu, Paul Amechi, Olugbemi Motilewa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

* E-mail: sfelix@heartlandalliancenigeria.org

Affiliation Research and Development Department, Heartland Alliance, Abuja, Nigeria

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7761-3604

Paul Umoh

Contributed equally to this work with: Bartholomew Ochonye, Godwin Emmanuel, Roger Abang, Olaniyi Felix Sanni, Paul Umoh, Abiye Kalaiwo, Nanribet Mwoltu, Paul Amechi, Olugbemi Motilewa

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research and Development Department, Heartland Alliance, Abuja, Nigeria

Abiye Kalaiwo

Contributed equally to this work with: Bartholomew Ochonye, Godwin Emmanuel, Roger Abang, Olaniyi Felix Sanni, Paul Umoh, Abiye Kalaiwo, Nanribet Mwoltu, Paul Amechi, Olugbemi Motilewa

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Program Management, USAID, Abuja, Nigeria

Nanribet Mwoltu

Contributed equally to this work with: Bartholomew Ochonye, Godwin Emmanuel, Roger Abang, Olaniyi Felix Sanni, Paul Umoh, Abiye Kalaiwo, Nanribet Mwoltu, Paul Amechi, Olugbemi Motilewa

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research and Development Department, Heartland Alliance, Abuja, Nigeria

Paul Amechi

Contributed equally to this work with: Bartholomew Ochonye, Godwin Emmanuel, Roger Abang, Olaniyi Felix Sanni, Paul Umoh, Abiye Kalaiwo, Nanribet Mwoltu, Paul Amechi, Olugbemi Motilewa

Roles Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research and Development Department, Heartland Alliance, Abuja, Nigeria

Olugbemi Motilewa

Contributed equally to this work with: Bartholomew Ochonye, Godwin Emmanuel, Roger Abang, Olaniyi Felix Sanni, Paul Umoh, Abiye Kalaiwo, Nanribet Mwoltu, Paul Amechi, Olugbemi Motilewa

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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