Raheel Hafsa
Department of Family and Community Medicine, King Saud University, King Khalid Hospital, Riyadh, KSA.
Int J Prev Med. 2015 Sep 9;6:90. doi: 10.4103/2008-7802.165156. eCollection 2015.
Adolescents who suffer from depression early in life, have an increase in suicidal tendency, anxiety, conduct disorders, substance abuse, and continue to be depressed, later on in life. This study was conducted to identify the prevalence and correlates of depression among adolescent girls in Riyadh city in order to carry out early intervention.
A cross-sectional, school-based survey was conducted among 1028 adolescent girls aged 15-19 years in secondary schools of Riyadh city. Riyadh was divided into clusters and within each cluster, both public and private schools were enrolled. From the selected schools students from grade 10-12 were surveyed. Survey was conducted using a structured questionnaire including the beck depression inventory-II, and questions exploring the correlates of depression.
About 30% of participants were found to be depressed. Depression was more prevalent among female adolescents whose household income was <12,000 Saudi Riyal/month (odds ratio [OR] 2.17, confidence interval [CI] 0.97-6.84), did not have a good relationship with peers and family members (OR 4.63, CI 2.56-8.41), lived with single parent or alone (OR 1.77, CI 0.97-3.23), been emotionally abused (OR 3.45, CI 2.56-8.41), and those who had been subjected to physical violence, at least once (OR 3.34, CI 1.89-5.91).
Strategies need to be developed to identify early signs and symptoms of depression among Saudi female adolescents. Training can be given to groups of students to help their peers, and also to the teachers to identify, and help students identify early signs of depression and provide them with better-coping strategies to combat progression of depression and anxiety among such adolescents.
早年患有抑郁症的青少年，其自杀倾向、焦虑、行为障碍、药物滥用会增加，并且在以后的生活中会持续抑郁。本研究旨在确定利雅得市青春期女孩抑郁症的患病率及其相关因素，以便进行早期干预。
在利雅得市中学对1028名15 - 19岁的青春期女孩进行了一项基于学校的横断面调查。利雅得被划分为多个群组，每个群组内的公立和私立学校均被纳入。从选定学校的10 - 12年级学生中进行调查。使用结构化问卷进行调查，问卷包括贝克抑郁量表 - II，以及探索抑郁症相关因素的问题。
约30%的参与者被发现患有抑郁症。抑郁症在家庭月收入<12,000沙特里亚尔的女性青少年中更为普遍（比值比[OR] 2.17，置信区间[CI] 0.97 - 6.84），与同龄人和家庭成员关系不佳的青少年（OR 4.63，CI 2.56 - 8.41），与单亲生活或独自生活的青少年（OR 1.77，CI 0.97 - 3.23），遭受情感虐待的青少年（OR 3.45，CI 2.56 - 8.41），以及至少遭受过一次身体暴力的青少年（OR 3.34，CI 1.89 - 5.91）中更为常见。
需要制定策略来识别沙特女性青少年抑郁症的早期迹象和症状。可以对学生群体进行培训，以帮助他们的同龄人，也可以对教师进行培训，以便识别并帮助学生识别抑郁症的早期迹象，并为他们提供更好的应对策略，以对抗此类青少年中抑郁症和焦虑症的进展。
