Department of Community Medicine, UCMS and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India.
Indian J Pediatr. 2010 Feb;77(2):161-5. doi: 10.1007/s12098-009-0260-5.
To study depression, anxiety and stress (DAS) among adolescent school students belonging to affluent families and the factors associated with high levels of DAS.
242 adolescent students belonging to class 9-12th selected for the study. DASS-21 questionnaire was used for assessing DAS.
The scores in the three domains (DAS) were found to be remarkably correlated. It was seen that depression was significantly more among the females (mean rank 132.5) than the males (mean rank 113.2), p=0.03. Depression (p=0.025), Anxiety (0.005) and Stress (p<0.001) were all significantly higher among the 'board classes' i.e., 10th and 12th as compared to the classes 9th and 11th. All the three (DAS) were found to have an inverse relationship with the academic performance of the students. Depression and Stress were found to be significantly associated with the number of adverse events in the student's life that occurred in last one year.
A significant proportion of the students were found to be having high levels of DAS and several important factors were found to be associated with them. Proactive steps at the school-level and community-level and steps for improved parent-adolescent communication are needed for amelioration of the problem.
研究富裕家庭青少年学生的抑郁、焦虑和压力（DAS）状况，以及与 DAS 水平较高相关的因素。
选择 9-12 年级的 242 名青少年学生进行研究。使用 DASS-21 问卷评估 DAS。
三个领域（DAS）的评分明显相关。女性的抑郁得分明显高于男性（平均排名 132.5 比 113.2，p=0.03）。抑郁（p=0.025）、焦虑（0.005）和压力（p<0.001）在 10 年级和 12 年级的“寄宿班”中均显著高于 9 年级和 11 年级的班级。所有三个（DAS）都与学生的学习成绩呈负相关。抑郁和压力与学生在过去一年中生活中发生的不良事件数量显著相关。
发现相当一部分学生存在高水平的 DAS，并且发现一些重要因素与之相关。需要在学校和社区层面采取积极措施，改善家长与青少年的沟通，以改善这一问题。
