Mohammadzadeh Marjan, Awang Hamidin, Kadir Shahar Hayati, Ismail Suriani
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia UPM, 43400, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia.
Community Ment Health J. 2018 Jan;54(1):117-125. doi: 10.1007/s10597-017-0128-5. Epub 2017 Mar 18.
This study aimed to assess the prevalence and risk factors of depression, anxiety, stress and low self-esteem among institutional Malaysian adolescents. This cross-sectional descriptive study included 287 adolescents aged 12-18 years living in six selected orphan homes. Study's instruments included Socio-demographic questionnaire, validated Malay version of Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. The findings revealed that 85.2, 80.1 and 84.7% of participants had depression, anxiety and stress respectively. Females were more likely to be depressed. Furthermore, anxiety was significantly associated with race and age but no significant associations between stress and the demographic factors were found. The study also showed that 70.8% of males and 69.2% of females had low self-esteem and the self-esteem was associated with depression, anxiety and stress.Therefore, mental health problems are very common among adolescents in Malaysian orphanages. Results reveal the urgency of immediate actions to reduce the mental health problems among Malaysian institutional adolescents.
本研究旨在评估马来西亚福利院青少年中抑郁、焦虑、压力和自卑的患病率及风险因素。这项横断面描述性研究纳入了居住在六个选定孤儿院的287名12至18岁的青少年。研究工具包括社会人口学问卷、经过验证的马来语版抑郁焦虑压力量表-21和罗森伯格自尊量表。研究结果显示，分别有85.2%、80.1%和84.7%的参与者患有抑郁、焦虑和压力。女性更易患抑郁症。此外，焦虑与种族和年龄显著相关，但未发现压力与人口统计学因素之间存在显著关联。该研究还表明，70.8%的男性和69.2%的女性有自卑心理，且自尊与抑郁、焦虑和压力有关。因此，心理健康问题在马来西亚孤儿院的青少年中非常普遍。研究结果揭示了立即采取行动减少马来西亚福利院青少年心理健康问题的紧迫性。
