Chauhan Dixit, Patel Umed, Rahul Kirtikumar, Patel Mehul
Department of Community Medicine, Nootan Medical College and Research Centre, Visnagar, Gujarat, India.
Department of Community Medicine, P.D.U. Government Medical College, Rajkot, Gujarat, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 Jul;11(7):3761-3765. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2077_21. Epub 2022 Jul 22.
Depression with the magnitude of 8 - 20% emerged as major mental health morbidity among adolescents due to its devastating consequences of suicidal tendencies, academic failure, poor social relationships, and substance abuse. The current study was carried out to estimate the magnitude of depression among the students of private higher secondary schools of science stream in Rajkot city, Gujarat.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among the 1219 students of 11 and 12 standards of private schools of science stream in Rajkot city using a multistage sampling method. Students were screened using Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for Depression and categorized into no depression, mild, moderately severe and severe depression. Epi Info software version 7.1.5.2. from CDC, Atlanta, USA was used to analyze the data.
One-third (31.99%) of students had depression followed by Dysthymia (20.59%) and Suicidal risk in 1.64% of students. The prevalence of depression was higher in female students (37.28%) than males. Students of 12 standard (38.06%) were more depressed than 11 standard (25.98). The suicidal risk was found more among the students of 12 standard (2.47%) compared to 11 standard (0.82). The prevalence of Depression, Dysthymia and Suicidal risk were more in Muslim students than Hindus. According to severity, female students (13.98%), 12 standard students (11.53%), Muslim (19.73%) and students residing at a hostel (12.12%) were more depressed (moderate to severe) than their counterparts.
In the present study, a significant proportion of students were found suffering from depression.
抑郁症发病率为8%-20%，已成为青少年主要的心理健康问题，因其会导致自杀倾向、学业失败、社交关系不佳和药物滥用等严重后果。本研究旨在估算古吉拉特邦拉杰果德市私立高中理科学生中抑郁症的发病率。
采用多阶段抽样方法，对拉杰果德市私立高中11和12年级的1219名理科学生进行横断面研究。使用患者健康问卷-9对学生进行抑郁症筛查，并分为无抑郁症、轻度、中度严重和重度抑郁症。使用美国亚特兰大疾病控制与预防中心的Epi Info软件7.1.5.2版对数据进行分析。
三分之一（31.99%）的学生患有抑郁症，其次是心境恶劣（20.59%），1.64%的学生有自杀风险。女生抑郁症患病率（37.28%）高于男生。12年级学生（38.06%）比11年级学生（25.98%）抑郁程度更高。12年级学生（2.47%）的自杀风险高于11年级学生（0.82%）。穆斯林学生的抑郁症、心境恶劣和自杀风险患病率高于印度教学生。按严重程度划分，女生（13.98%）、12年级学生（11.53%）、穆斯林学生（19.73%）和寄宿学生（12.12%）的抑郁程度（中度至重度）高于其他学生。
在本研究中，发现相当一部分学生患有抑郁症。
