Dhuria Meera, Sharma Nandini, Taneja Devender Kumar, Kumar Rajesh, Ingle Gopal Krishan
Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
Asia Pac J Public Health. 2009 Jan;21(1):19-25. doi: 10.1177/1010539508327031. Epub 2008 Nov 17.
Schoolchildren undergo rapid mental, emotional, and social changes and are susceptible to psychiatric disorders.
This study aimed to assess the mental health status and some determinants in senior secondary school children in Delhi.
A cross-sectional study was carried out on a sample of 458 children, selected by 2-stage sampling. Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire containing 60 items (GHQ-60) was used for assessment of mental health.
GHQ was administered to 239 boys and 219 girls in the age group of 15 to 20 years. Of 458 students, 113 (24.7%) had a score>or=16, the cutoff score, indicating mental morbidity among them. Among boys and girls, 28.5% and 20.5%, respectively, had some component of mental morbidity. Morbidity was significantly higher in children hailing from nuclear families and among children who had either failed or those who had scored highest in the class.
Mental health needs of schoolchildren need to be addressed by the school health services.
学童经历快速的心理、情感和社会变化，易患精神疾病。
本研究旨在评估德里高中生的心理健康状况及一些决定因素。
采用两阶段抽样法，对458名儿童进行了横断面研究。使用包含60个条目的戈德堡一般健康问卷（GHQ - 60）评估心理健康。
对年龄在15至20岁的239名男孩和219名女孩进行了GHQ问卷调查。在458名学生中，113名（24.7%）得分大于或等于16（临界值），表明他们存在精神疾病。男孩和女孩中，分别有28.5%和20.5%存在某种精神疾病成分。来自核心家庭的儿童以及成绩不及格或班级成绩最好的儿童中，精神疾病发病率显著更高。
学校卫生服务需要关注学童的心理健康需求。
