Behera Swikruti, Paluri Srinikhila Satya Santhoshi Lakshmi, Mishra Alpana
Department of Physiology, NRI IMS, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Department of Community Medicine, KIMS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
J Educ Health Promot. 2021 Oct 29;10:399. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1340_20. eCollection 2021.
Globally, depression is one of the leading causes of illness and disability among adolescents, and suicide is the third leading cause of death among the young and adolescents. Since we have limited data on the prevalence of psychological distress among the youth of India, our aim was to estimate the prevalence of psychological distress, anxiety, and depression among students of professional colleges.
This study was conducted in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh (India). A total of 502 apparently healthy students have participated in this study. Data were collected from 243 medical students, 119 engineering students, 103 dental students, and 36 nursing students. A pretested, prevalidated, and structured Kessler's Psychological Distress Scale (K) was used for the assessment of mental health among students. This is a self-administered questionnaire-based cross-sectional study. Microsoft Office Excel was used for data storage and tabulation. Mean, standard deviation, Chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U-test, and Kruskal-Wallis test were used to find the association difference between various parameters using SPSS 22 software.
Out of 502 students, 34.7% of students were found to have normal mental health, 135 students were having mild mental problems, and 116 and 77 had moderate and severe mental illness, respectively. Out of 197 males, 66 were normal, 61, 46, and 24 had mild, moderate, and severe mental problems, respectively. Out of 305 females, only 108 were found to be normal.
Male students were found to have higher prevalence of mental abnormalities. A significant higher prevalence of depression is seen in day-scholars compared to hostellers. Nursing students are having significantly higher prevalence of depression and nonpsychotic mental illness as compared to dental, engineering, and medical students. Medical students are having the lowest rate of depression than other nonmedical professional subjects.
在全球范围内，抑郁症是青少年患病和致残的主要原因之一，自杀是青年和青少年死亡的第三大主要原因。由于我们对印度青年心理困扰患病率的数据有限，我们的目的是估计专业学院学生心理困扰、焦虑和抑郁症的患病率。
本研究在印度安得拉邦维沙卡帕特南进行。共有502名表面健康的学生参与了本研究。数据收集自243名医学生、119名工科学生、103名牙科学生和36名护理学生。采用经过预测试、预验证的结构化凯斯勒心理困扰量表（K）对学生的心理健康进行评估。这是一项基于问卷调查的横断面自我管理研究。使用Microsoft Office Excel进行数据存储和制表。使用SPSS 22软件，通过均值、标准差、卡方检验、曼-惠特尼U检验和克鲁斯卡尔-沃利斯检验来找出各参数之间的关联差异。
在502名学生中，34.7%的学生心理健康正常，135名学生有轻度心理问题，116名和77名学生分别有中度和重度精神疾病。在197名男性中，66名心理健康正常，61名、46名和24名分别有轻度、中度和重度心理问题。在305名女性中，只有108名心理健康正常。
发现男学生精神异常的患病率较高。与住校生相比，走读生抑郁症的患病率显著更高。与牙科、工科和医学生相比，护理学生抑郁症和非精神病性精神疾病的患病率显著更高。医学生的抑郁症发病率低于其他非医学专业学科。
