Prevalence of depression among school going adolescents in an urban area of Haryana, India

Malik, Manisha; Khanna, Pardeep; Rohilla, Rajesh; Mehta, Bharti; Goyal, Aparna

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20151059

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“…and Malik et al ., the prevalence of depression was found to be around 50%, which is in line with our study results. [13] Several Indian studies conducted in adolescents have found a prevalence of depression ranging from 10% to 27%, which is much lower than our findings. [456]…”

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Prevalence of Depression among School-going Adolescents in an Urban Area of Bihar, India

Jha¹,

Singh

Nirala

et al. 2017

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

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Introduction:Depression is one of the under-recognized health problems in adolescents. Emotional instability resulted from childhood to adulthood transition makes adolescents vulnerable to depression.Aims:The aim of the study was to explore the prevalence of depression and its associated sociodemographic factors among school-going adolescents.Materials and Methods:This cross-sectional study was undertaken from January 2016 to June 2016 in adolescents studying in 9–12th standard from forty schools located in an urban area of Patna, Bihar. The self-administered questionnaire of Beck's Depression Inventory II was utilized to assess the prevalence of depression. Statistical analysis was done with Pearson's Chi-square test using SPSS software version 21.0.Results:Among the 1412 selected students, the prevalence of depression was found to be 49.2%, wherein the prevalence of severe depression was 7.7%. The overall prevalence of depression was significantly (P < 0.001) higher among girls (55.1%) than boys (45.8%). The prevalence of depression was found to be higher among students belonging to minorities (Buddhism, Jainism, etc.) (63.3%, P < 0.001). Elder students were found to be more depressed than younger students. Depression was found to be statistically significantly associated with gender and religion (P < 0.005). Guilty feeling (69.48%) was one of the most prominent clinical factors associated with depression followed by pessimism (58.14%), sadness (56.52%), and past failure (55.81%).Conclusions:Mental health is one of the most neglected aspects of our society. There is a need to increase awareness about depression among teachers and parents to identify and help depressed adolescents in the school.

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Prevalence of Depression among School-going Adolescents in an Urban Area of Bihar, India

Jha¹,

Singh

Nirala

et al. 2017

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

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“…Presents study showed that overall prevalence of depression among adolescent was 47.9% and is comparable to studies conducted by Jha et al, Nagendra et al and Malik et al, where prevalence of depression was found to be around 50%, which is in line with our study results. [11][12][13] Several Indian studies conducted in adolescents have found a prevalence of depression ranging from 10% to 27%, which is much lower than our findings which can be attributed to different instruments used for measurements and different time duration. [14][15][16] Most of student suffered from moderate type of depression (46.8%), followed by mild and severe (30.1%, 23.4%).…”

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“…In the study conducted by Malik et al, the prevalence of moderate depression (41.2%) was dominating and similar to our observations. 13 However, Jha et al, Malik et al, Naushad et al observed mild type of depression most prevalent. 11,13,18 Current study revealed that early adolescent age group, smoking, family pressure to perform well in school, academic performance and class 10 th and 12 th were significantly associated with depression.…”

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Prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress among school going adolescents in Delhi: a cross sectional study

Kumar

Yadav²,

Chauhan

et al. 2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Adolescence is a stressful period due to physical, psychological, sexual changes and the presence of psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety and stress at this stage of life is a matter of concern. Depression is a common mental disorder, characterized by persistent sadness and a loss of interest in activities that you normally enjoy, accompanied by an inability to carry out daily activities, for at least two weeks. The objective of this study is to find the prevalence and associated factors of depression, anxiety and stress among school going adolescents.Methods: This was a school based descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in the month of July 2018 in an urban school in New Delhi. A semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire to assess socio-demographic profile as well as depression anxiety stress scale (DASS)–21 was used to assess depression, stress and anxiety.Results: Overall prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress were found to be 47.9%, 65.3%, and 51.8% respectively. Most of student suffered from moderate depression (46.8%), anxiety (33.3%) and mild stress (60.9%). It was noted that these were more common among female students, late adolescent age group, students alone/ away from family, students from separated/ single parents, consuming alcohol and family pressure to perform well in school.Conclusions: The alarming risk of depression, anxiety and stress among students with low academic satisfaction as well as those who face family pressure to perform better calls for need of parents-student counselling sessions, as well as frequent extracurricular activities to help create a healthier school environment.

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“…This high rates of depressive symptoms may be due to general psychosocial distress resulting from general hardships in living, school related stress and poverty. This was comparable to the results of [Naushed et al, 2014]which revealed that depression was seen among (79.2%) of the studied students and the Indian studies done by [Nagendra et al, 2012]and [Malik et al, 2015]) who found that prevalence of depression is about (57.7%) of the studied students.…”

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“…On the other hand, study conducted by [Naushed et al, 2014]reported that the most common severity of depression was moderate depression (41.2%) followed by mild (26.6%) and severe grade depression (11.4%). Also, [Malik et al, 2015] revealed that the prevalence of moderate depression (41.2%) was dominating, where in the prevalence of severe depression (11.4%) was nearly similar to the current results.…”

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Repetitive Negative Thoughts and the Vulnerability for Emotional Problems among Adolescents

Abozaid

Fouad

Elkhalek

et al. 2019

Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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Repetitive negative thoughts are generally viewed as a specific cognitive vulnerability factor that seems to be involved in the etiology and maintenance of emotional problems. The existing study aimed to investigate the role of repetitive negative thoughts in the vulnerability for emotional problems and determine the prevalence rates of this problems among secondary schools' adolescents, hence, a descriptive cross sectional study design was used. A selfadministered questionnaire sheet was used to collect data from 480secondary schools' student. Study results revealed that there were significant positive correlation between neuroticism as an indicator of general vulnerability, repetitive negative thoughts and emotional problems. Whereas, behavioral inhibition had a significant negative correlation with repetitive negative thoughts and emotional problems. Further, more than three quarter (77.6%) of the studied students have symptoms of depression and majority (87.3%) of the studied students have symptoms of anxiety. Conclusion, depression and anxiety had high prevalence rates among adolescents. also, repetitive negative thoughts contribute to adolescents' vulnerability for depression and anxiety. Consequently it is recommended to Conduct school and community-based mental health promotion and prevention programmes directed toward adolescents, their families, educational staff and others who have direct contact with adolescents. And consider repetitive negative thoughts clinically can be effective in treatment of depression and anxiety.

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Prevalence of depression among school going adolescents in an urban area of Haryana, India

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Prevalence of Depression among School-going Adolescents in an Urban Area of Bihar, India

Prevalence of Depression among School-going Adolescents in an Urban Area of Bihar, India

Prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress among school going adolescents in Delhi: a cross sectional study

Repetitive Negative Thoughts and the Vulnerability for Emotional Problems among Adolescents

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