Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety and Stress among School Going Adolescents and their Relationship to Socioeconomic Status
Abstract
Introduction: Adolescence is a phase involving risk taking, autonomy, adventure and efforts to fit into adulthood. Physical and emotional changes, peers, social media, education, family expectations etc. make individuals vulnerable.
Aims: To study the prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress in school going adolescents from 9th -12th standard from Bagdogra, to examine the association with family factors and Socio Economic Status and to identify the co-morbidities between Depression, Anxiety and Stress.
Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out using DASS-21 scale on a total of 231 students. In addition, a self-structured questionnaire on family structure and socio economic status was administered and SPSS software was used for analysis.
Result: Overall, 76.2% had at least one of the mental morbidities under study. Depression was significantly more common in class 12th, (28.4%), 9th (28.4%) &10th (27.6%) and stress was significantly common in 12th (55.4%) & 10th (55.2%). There was no significant difference in relation to age, sex, family structure and socioeconomic status. All mental morbidities more frequently occurred in combination with each other, rather than exclusively. Depression most frequently occurred with stress (8 times) followed by anxiety (4 times), whereas anxiety was 6 times more likely to occur with stress.
Conclusions: Almost 3 out of 4 children had symptoms related to at least one of the mental morbidities discussed. Depression and stress was significantly more prevalent in students answering board exams (class 10th and 12th) than those not answering board exams. Depression, Anxiety and Stress were highly correlated with each other.
How to cite this article:
Salelkar SS, Borker Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety and Stress among School Going Adolescents and their Relationship to Socioeconomic Status. Ind J Youth Adol Health 2020; 7(4): 8-14.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2349.2880.202017
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