Psychometric properties of the Polish version of the brief version of Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale – assessment of depression among students

Mojs, Ewa; Bartkowska, Weronika; Kaczmarek, Łukasz D.; Ziarko, Michał; Bujacz, Aleksandra; Warchoł-Biedermann, Katarzyna

doi:10.12740/pp/22934

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“…In this study, the prevalence of depression was 1.6% in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18 years old, which is consistent with Young study reporting the prevalence of depression as 1.32% (11). However, another study found that depression was more common in adolescents of the 12 -18 age group (21). This greatly differs from the results of our study, which is probably due to the use of the semistructured diagnostic questionnaire, K-SADS-PL.…”

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Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents of South Khorasan Province in 2017

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Background: Children and adolescents are the potential capitals of communities. Therefore, their physical, mental, social, and spiritual health is of great importance. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among children and adolescents in Southern Khorasan province, Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive-correlational study was conducted in 2017. Study population consisted of children and adolescents aged 6-18 who lived in Southern Khorasan province, Iran. A sample of 1029 children and adolescents was selected through multistage cluster sampling. Data were collected using the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL) and analyzed using the SPSS software (v. 19.0) and by conducting the Fisher's exact test. Results: The overall prevalence of psychiatric disorders among children and adolescents in Southern Khorasan province, Iran, was 15.2%. The prevalence of these disorders among male and female participants was 15.5% and 14.8%, respectively. Moreover, the prevalence was 13.1% in the 6-9 age group, 15.5% in the 10-14 age group, and 17% in the 15-18 age group. In addition, the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among participants who lived in urban and rural areas was 18.9% and 6.3%, respectively. The most prevalent psychiatric disorders were respectively separation anxiety (5.2%), obsessive-compulsive disorder (3.5%), generalized anxiety disorder (3%), enuresis (2.9%), oppositional defiant disorder (2.4%), depression, special phobias, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (1.6%), agoraphobia (1%), and social phobia (0.8%). Conclusions: Need-based age-appropriate mental health services are needed to promote mental health among children and adolescents.

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Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents of South Khorasan Province in 2017

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“…cigarette)". Depression was assessed using the shortened version of the Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale (KADS) by Brooks et al (2003) in its Polish adaptation (Mojs et al, 2015).…”

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“…The scale includes six statements, each of which is rated on a five-point scale, from 0 = "never or almost never" to 3 = "always". As per Mojs et al (2015), an overall score equal to or greater than six (≥6) indicates the likelihood of depression. The reliability of the scale was adequate (α = 0.82).…”

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Pandemic Grief in Poland: Adaptation of a Measure and its relationship with Social Support and Resilience

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Konaszewski²,

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Millions of people are mourning the death of a loved to COVID-19. According to previous studies, the circumstances of coronavirus disease-related deaths may lead to dysfunctional grief. The purpose of this study was to introduce the Polish adaptation of the Pandemic Grief Scale (PGS) as well as to assess the relationship between dysfunctional grief due to a COVID-19 death, resilience and perceived social support. The adaptation was carried out on a general population sample of 286 individuals aged 18–54 years, with the evaluation being performed on a group comprising 214 people aged 18–78 years, who lost a loved one during the pandemic. The Polish version of PGS revealed a single-factor structure with strong internal consistency (α = 0.89). The PGS scores were associated with measures of complicated grief (Inventory of Complicated Grief), depression (Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale) and lower resilience (Resilience Scale 14), which confirmed the scale’s convergent validity. No relation between PGS scores and health behaviors (Inventory of Health Behaviors) was observed, which confirmed the scale’s discriminant validity. The results of the bootstrapping technique revealed that resilience mediates the relationship between perceived social support (Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support) and dysfunctional grief (total mediation). The results of this study suggest the need for practitioners to focus on resilience-enhancing interventions and perceived social support in order to improve mental health in people who lost their loved ones during the new coronavirus pandemic.

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“…We validated the test for the population of youth aged 12–25 with very good psychometric properties. Furthermore, we found that validation parameters of the Polish version corresponded to those obtained during validation of the original version [ 27 ]. There were other scales available such as the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) or Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D), which could be applied but they were time-consuming and could be administered only by trained and experienced clinicians [ 28 , 29 ].…”

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Are students prone to depression and suicidal thoughts?

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IntroductionDepression may affect up to 9.8% of adolescents and young adults and is associated with significant life-long consequences. The aim of our study was to assess the association between symptoms of depression and demographic factors such as gender, having brothers or sisters, background (rural/small town or urban permanent place of residence), perceived financial status, current living arrangements, year and major area of study.Material and methodsOne thousand one hundred eighty-three students of medical or similar faculties, 71% of whom were females, anonymously answered the Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale (KADS) and completed a demographic questionnaire.ResultsWe found that 6.5% of all participants (n = 77) had depression according to Kutcher's criteria whereas 1.5% of them (n = 18) reported suicidal thoughts. We also observed the influence of such factors as gender (p < 0.009), year (p < 0.001), major area of study (p < 0.034), and financial status (p < 0.000–0.003), on depression scores. Moreover, depressive symptomatology was most frequent in subjects who were only children, in freshmen and in students of psychology (11.5%, 13.2% and 16.7% respectively). However, we did not observe an impact of such agents as students’ permanent place of residence (p = 0.929) or current living arrangements on depressive symptoms (p = 0.940).ConclusionsSusceptibility to depression fluctuates throughout the course of study and depends on factors associated with the study itself such as the student's major or year of study and other socio-demographic agents, i.e. gender or self-reported financial status.

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Psychometric properties of the Polish version of the brief version of Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale – assessment of depression among students

Abstract: Validation of Polish version of KADS in a group of students aged 18-24 years has shown its high reliability and content validity. Further studies should be focused on the assessment of the questionnaire criterion validity.

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Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents of South Khorasan Province in 2017

Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents of South Khorasan Province in 2017

Pandemic Grief in Poland: Adaptation of a Measure and its relationship with Social Support and Resilience

Are students prone to depression and suicidal thoughts?

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