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Table 2 Free listing saliency results for highest priority mental health conditions

From: Maternal mental health priorities, help-seeking behaviors, and resources in post-conflict settings: a qualitative study in eastern Uganda

Rank

All Respondents

Primary Health Care Workers

Community Health Care Workers

Mental Health Specialists

Traditional Healers

1

Sickness of thoughts (S = 0.28)

Sickness of thoughts (S = 0.38)

Epilepsy (S = 0.55)

Postpartum depression and (puerperal) psychosis (S = 0.59)

Absent husbands (S = 0.33)

2

Epilepsy (S = 0.25)

Malaria (S = 0.26)

Malaria (S = 0.37)

Stress (S = 0.26)

Gender based violence (S = 0.29)

3

Malaria (S = 0.20)

Absent husbands (S = 0.23)

Thinking too much and poverty (S = 0.17)

Epilepsy (S = 0.15)

Witchcraft/ spiritual problems (S = 0.29)

  1. S=Smith Salience index