Alharbi Reem, Alsuhaibani Khalid, Almarshad Abdullah, Alyahya Abdulhameed
Collage of Medicine, Qassim University, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Department of Psychiatry, Qassim University, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Feb;8(2):504-510. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_383_18.
Adolescence is a stage of changes in body and behaviour that may affect mental health. We found that no study measures the depression and anxiety in adolescence in our region, so we want to measure it and then try to improve our community.
We aim to estimate the prevalence of depression and anxiety among high school students at Qassim region.
A cross-sectional study done in al-Qassim region. A targeted population was secondary school students. The sample size was 1245 students. We used the questionnaire tool the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) to assess depression in the students and the GAD7 for anxiety. The data had been gathered through MS Excel then exported to the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) for analyses. A value cut-off point of 0.05 at 95% confidence interval (CI) was used to determine statistical significance. The analyses measure the association between socio-demographic and other related variables in the survey by using a Chi-square test.
Our study shows that depression by using (PHQ-9) among the 1245 students, 325 (26.0%) were not depressed, 423 (34%) were mildly depressed, 306 (24.6%) were moderately depressed, whereas 129 (10.4%) were moderately severe depressed and 62 (5.0%) were severely depressed. Anxiety by using the GAD-7 questionnaire, it was revealed that out of 1245 students, 455 (36.5%) of them were without anxiety, 425 (34.1%) of them were having mild anxiety, 243 (19.5%) of them were having moderate anxiety and 122 (9.8%) were having severe anxiety. Depression and anxiety, according to gender ( value <0.001), show a significant relationship.
We have to raise the awareness of the mental health in our community as the prevalence of mental disorder has significantly increased over time. Health services should make health education for students on how they deal with stress and depression through exercise and good sleep.
青春期是身体和行为发生变化的阶段，可能会影响心理健康。我们发现本地区尚无研究对青少年的抑郁和焦虑情况进行测量，因此我们希望进行测量并尝试改善我们的社区。
我们旨在估计卡西姆地区高中生中抑郁和焦虑的患病率。
在卡西姆地区开展一项横断面研究。目标人群为中学生。样本量为1245名学生。我们使用患者健康问卷（PHQ-9）这一问卷工具来评估学生的抑郁情况，使用广泛性焦虑障碍量表（GAD-7）评估焦虑情况。数据通过微软Excel收集，然后导出到社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）进行分析。在95%置信区间（CI）下，使用0.05的P值截断点来确定统计学显著性。通过卡方检验分析调查中社会人口学及其他相关变量之间的关联。
我们的研究表明，在1245名学生中，使用（PHQ-9）评估抑郁情况时，325名（26.0%）未患抑郁症，423名（34%）轻度抑郁，306名（24.6%）中度抑郁，129名（10.4%）中度严重抑郁，62名（5.0%）重度抑郁。使用GAD-7问卷评估焦虑情况时，发现在1245名学生中，455名（36.5%）无焦虑，425名（34.1%）有轻度焦虑，243名（19.5%）有中度焦虑，122名（9.8%）有重度焦虑。抑郁和焦虑情况按性别划分（P值<0.001）显示出显著关系。
随着精神障碍患病率随时间显著增加，我们必须提高社区对心理健康的认识。卫生服务机构应为学生开展关于如何通过运动和良好睡眠来应对压力和抑郁的健康教育。
