Socioeconomic determinants of non-communicable-diseases among the Cypriot population: questionnaire study

Kiliari, Nitsa; Theodosopoulou, Eleni; Papanastasiou, Elena C.; Charalambous, Andreas

doi:10.1258/shorts.2012.012078

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“…Despite the fact that our findings regarding the rate of clinically relevant depressive symptoms were in line with those in the international literature, one has to underline their importance, since this is the first study, to our knowledge, that tackled this issue in Cyprus. Generally, there is limited data regarding the rate of depressive symptoms in the general population in Cyprus [ 45 ], as well as in adolescents; there is only one study conducted in young adults, in particular university students [ 46 , 47 ]. According to those research findings, the prevalence of clinically relevant depressive symptoms was 27.9%.…”

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Prevalence of depressive symptoms among schoolchildren in Cyprus: a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study

Sokratous

Christos

Despo

et al. 2017

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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BackgroundDepressive symptoms in the young constitute a public health issue. The current study aims to estimate: (a) the frequency of depressive symptoms in a sample of final grade elementary-school children in Cyprus, (b) the association among frequency of depressive symptoms, gender and nationality and, (c) the metric properties of the Greek-Cypriot version of the children’s depression inventory (CDI).MethodsA descriptive cross-sectional study with internal comparison was performed. The occurrence of depressive symptoms was assessed with the CDI, which includes 5 subscales: depressive mood, interpersonal difficulties, ineffectiveness, anhedonia and negative self-esteem. Clinical depressive symptoms were reported as CDI score ≥19. CDI was anonymously and voluntarily completed by 439 schoolchildren [mean age 12.3 (±0.51) years old] from fifteen public elementary schools (217 boys and 222 girls), yielding a response rate of 58.2%. The metric properties of the CDI were assessed in terms of internal consistency reliability and construct validity via exploratory factor analysis (rotated and unrotated principal component analysis). Descriptive and inferential statistics were explored.Results10.25% of Cypriot schoolchildren reported clinical depressive symptoms (CDI score ≥19). Statistically significant differences were reported between boys and girls in all five subscales of the CDI. Girls reported higher scores in “Depressive mood”, “Negative self-esteem” and “Anhedonia” subscales, while boys scored higher in “Interpersonal difficulties” and “Ineffectiveness” subscales. There were no statistically significant differences among ethnicity groups regarding the entire CDI or the subscales of it. Concerning the metric properties of the Greek-Cypriot version of the CDI, internal consistency reliability was adequate (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.84). Factor analysis with varimax rotation resulted in five factors explaining 42% of the variance.ConclusionsThe Greek-Cypriot version of the CDI is a reliable tool for the assessment of the severity of depressive symptoms in schoolchildren. Institutional counseling services, as well as interventions aiming to empower the young need to address the different psychological needs of boys and girls. Longitudinal studies within this cultural context may be warranted, with special attention to other factors related to depressive symptoms and low self-esteem in schoolchildren, such as suicidality or bullying.

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Prevalence of depressive symptoms among schoolchildren in Cyprus: a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study

Sokratous

Christos

Despo

et al. 2017

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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“…In fact, there is limited data with regards to the prevalence of depressive symptoms among the general population in Cyprus. A recent study among four hundred and sixty-five Cypriot adults of an average age of 53 years has been undertaken by Kiliari et al [ 57 ], in which data collection involved personal interviews via a structured questionnaire. In this study, 3.2% to 5.1% of the participants were found to suffer from depressive symptoms, while the socioeconomic status of the responders was associated with the lifetime prevalence of self-reported depressive symptoms.…”

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The association between stressful life events and depressive symptoms among Cypriot university students: a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study

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BackgroundPrevious findings suggest that stressful life events have a causal relationship with depressive symptoms. However, to date little is known concerning the contribution of the number and severity of recent stressful life events on the prevalence of depressive symptoms among university students. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of depressive symptoms and its association with the number and the severity of self-reported stressful life events among university students in Cyprus.MethodsA descriptive correlational design with cross sectional comparison was used. The CES-D scale was applied for the assessment of depressive symptoms and the LESS instrument for stressful life events. Both scales were completed anonymously and voluntarily by 1.500 students (response rate 85%).ResultsThe prevalence of mild to moderate depressive symptoms [CES-D score between 16 and 21] and of clinically significant depressive symptoms [CES-D score ≥ 22] were 18.8% and 25.3% respectively. There were statistically significant differences in clinically significant depressive symptoms by gender, with higher rates among women (x2 = 8.53, df = 1, p = 0.003). Higher scores on the LESS scale were associated with more frequent reports of clinical depressive symptoms (x2 = 70.63, df = 4, p < 0.001). Similarly, an association was found between the number of life events and clinical depressive symptoms (x2 = 40.06, df = 4, p < 0.001). Logistic regression analysis after adjusting for socio-demographic characteristics confirmed that the responders who reported a high number (n = 12–21) of stressful life events during the previous year (OR = 2.64 95% CI: 1.02, 6.83) and a severe degree of stress due to these events (total LESS score > 351, OR = 3.03 95% CI: 1.66, 5.39) were more likely to manifest clinical depressive symptoms.ConclusionsThe high frequency of occurrence of depressive symptoms among Cypriot university students, as well as the strong association with stressful life events, highlights the need for psychological empowerment strategies towards students by institutional counseling services.

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“…The search strategy for the 1860 unique references is presented in Fig. Of these, 34 articles [3,6,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][31][32][33][34][36][37][38]40,45,[49][50][51]53,54] reported by raw data, and 13 articles [29,30,35,39,[41][42][43][44][46][47][48]52,55] reported by ORs only. Briefly, 1689 articles did not address the issue of interest and were excluded after screening the abstracts, leaving us with 171 full-text articles for further examination.…”

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Socioeconomic status and hypertension

Leng¹,

Jin²,

Li³

et al. 2015

Journal of Hypertension

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Socioeconomic determinants of non-communicable-diseases among the Cypriot population: questionnaire study

Cited by 8 publications

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Prevalence of depressive symptoms among schoolchildren in Cyprus: a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study

Prevalence of depressive symptoms among schoolchildren in Cyprus: a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study

The association between stressful life events and depressive symptoms among Cypriot university students: a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study

Socioeconomic status and hypertension

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