Mayer László, Kiss Eniko, Baji Ildikó, Skultéti Dóra, Vetró Agnes
Szegedi Tudomanyegyetem, Szent-Gyorgyi Albert Orvos- es Gyogyszeresztudomanyi Kozpont, Gyermekpszichiatriai Onallo Osztaly Szeged, Hungary.
Psychiatr Hung. 2006;21(3):210-8.
Few Hungarian studies have been published about the prevalence of depressive symptoms and their risk factors in childhood. In the present study, we examined the prevalence of depressive symptoms and the importance of stressful life events as risk factors of depression in children.
We collected data in 9 elementary schools in two regions of Hungary. The data of 2652 students were analysed. Depressive symptoms were measured by the shortened version of the Child Depression Inventory (CDI) and life events were collected from the parents through self-report questionnaire.
The mean depressive score of the sample by the CDI was 3.61. 14.9% of the students had a score of 7 or higher, which implies an increased risk of clinical depression. Of the 29 life events which were examined, children experienced 2.35 on average. We found significant positive correlation between depressive symptoms and stressful life events. This effect of life events was not diminished significantly by the age and sex of the child.
Based on our results we can conclude that the risk of depression increases in parallel with the number of stressful life events experienced by the child.
关于儿童抑郁症状的患病率及其风险因素，匈牙利发表的研究较少。在本研究中，我们调查了儿童抑郁症状的患病率以及应激性生活事件作为儿童抑郁症风险因素的重要性。
我们在匈牙利两个地区的9所小学收集数据。对2652名学生的数据进行了分析。抑郁症状通过儿童抑郁量表（CDI）的简化版进行测量，生活事件通过家长自填问卷收集。
样本的CDI平均抑郁得分为3.61。14.9%的学生得分在7分及以上，这意味着临床抑郁症风险增加。在调查的29项生活事件中，儿童平均经历了2.35项。我们发现抑郁症状与应激性生活事件之间存在显著正相关。生活事件的这种影响并未因儿童的年龄和性别而显著减弱。
根据我们的结果可以得出结论，儿童抑郁症的风险随着所经历的应激性生活事件数量的增加而增加。
