Gupta Sukanya, Das Sulagna, Das Mridul, Banerjee Sumitaksha, Neogi Riddhiman, Mukherjee Soumopriya
Department of Community Medicine, Barasat Government Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Department of Community Medicine, Burdwan Medical College, Bardhaman, West Bengal, India.
J Educ Health Promot. 2023 Oct 31;12:345. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1769_22. eCollection 2023.
Adolescent mental health is a concern. A high magnitude of deranged mental health conditions among adolescents is prevailing, which often gets extended into adulthood too. Hence, assessment of mental health morbidities like depression, anxiety, and stress is crucial to address them. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress among school-going adolescents studying in classes IX-XII and find out its correlates among the subjects.
This cross-sectional study was conducted among 812 adolescents studying in classes IX-XII in four randomly selected schools of Haripal block of Hooghly district, West Bengal, in 2022. A complete enumeration of students in each class of the selected schools was done. Data were collected by using a pretested schedule that included standardized depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS-21). Descriptive statistics and a Chi-square test were applied. Regression analysis was doneto determine associations and compute the adjusted odds ratio. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 23.
Overall prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress were found to be 52.3%, 47.4%, and 33.7% respectively. Subscale scores shows 16.1% and 10.8% suffered from extremely severe depression and anxiety, respectively. It was noted that these were more common among female students, the late adolescent age group (16-19 years), students having social problems in the family, and those reporting using substances.
The prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress being high among school students indicates a significant burden of mental health disease. Effective strategies to alleviate the adverse mental health, along with early identification of disease, can help in along way.
青少年心理健康是一个令人担忧的问题。青少年中存在大量精神健康紊乱状况，且这种情况常常会延续至成年期。因此，评估抑郁症、焦虑症和压力等心理健康问题对于解决这些问题至关重要。本研究旨在估计就读于九年级至十二年级的在校青少年中抑郁症、焦虑症和压力的患病率，并找出其在研究对象中的相关因素。
2022年，在西孟加拉邦胡格利区哈里帕尔街区随机选取的四所学校中，对812名就读于九年级至十二年级的青少年进行了这项横断面研究。对所选学校每个班级的学生进行了全面普查。通过使用预先测试的调查表收集数据，该调查表包括标准化的抑郁、焦虑和压力量表（DASS-21）。应用描述性统计和卡方检验。进行回归分析以确定关联并计算调整后的优势比。使用SPSS 23版对数据进行分析。
抑郁症、焦虑症和压力的总体患病率分别为52.3%、47.4%和33.7%。分量表得分显示，分别有16.1%和10.8%的人患有极其严重的抑郁症和焦虑症。值得注意的是，这些情况在女学生、青少年晚期年龄组（16 - 19岁）、家庭中存在社会问题的学生以及报告使用毒品的学生中更为常见。
学生中抑郁症、焦虑症和压力的患病率较高，表明心理健康疾病负担沉重。有效的减轻不良心理健康状况的策略以及疾病的早期识别大有帮助。
