Denda Kenzo, Kako Yuki, Kitagawa Nobuki, Koyama Tsukasa
Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Int J Psychiatry Med. 2006;36(2):231-41. doi: 10.2190/3YCX-H0MT-49DK-C61Q.
The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of depressive symptoms in children and adolescents in the general Japanese population using a depression self-rating scale and determine whether this prevalence varies according to age, gender, or region.
The Birleson Depression Self-Rating Scale for children (DSRS) was used to examine the extent to which depressive tendencies were present among 2,453 elementary and middle-school children (6 to 15 years old) in two cities in Japan.
The mean DSRS score was high at 8.75 +/- 5.66. A significant increase in score was observed with increasing age. There were no significant differences between regions. Using a DSRS cutoff score of 15 points as a risk of depression, the scores of 14.9% of the subjects exceeded the cutoff.
As determined using the DSRS, a high proportion of Japanese children and adolescents have depressive tendencies.
本研究旨在使用抑郁自评量表调查日本普通人群中儿童和青少年抑郁症状的患病率，并确定该患病率是否因年龄、性别或地区而异。
采用儿童比勒森抑郁自评量表（DSRS）对日本两个城市的2453名小学生和中学生（6至15岁）的抑郁倾向程度进行检测。
DSRS平均得分为8.75±5.66，较高。随着年龄增长，得分显著增加。各地区之间无显著差异。以DSRS截止分数15分作为抑郁风险标准，14.9%的受试者得分超过该标准。
根据DSRS测定，日本儿童和青少年中很大一部分有抑郁倾向。
