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ArticleIndian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine2018

Depression and Anxiety Disorders among Schoolgoing Adolescents in an Urban Area of South India.

K Jayashree, P Prasanna Mithra, M K C Nair, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, Keshava Pai

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Article in Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

K JayashreeDepartment of Pediatrics, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India.
P Prasanna MithraDepartment of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India.
M K C NairChild Development Centre, Kerala University of Health Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Bhaskaran UnnikrishnanDepartment of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India.
Keshava PaiDepartment of Psychiatry, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India.
Manipal Academy of Higher Education · INKerala University of Health Sciences · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextAdolescence is a period of turmoil, leading to several mental health challenges including anxiety and/or depression.

aimsTo study the prevalence of depression and anxiety among higher school going adolescents and their sociodemographic correlates. SETTINGS AND

designThis cross-sectional study included 201 schoolgoing adolescents. SUBJECTS AND

methodsDepression and anxiety were measured using Beck Depression Inventory and Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Chi-square test and binary logistic Regression with Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit model.

resultsOverall, 82 (40.8%) showed depression (from mild mood disturbance to severe and extreme depression). Among females, it was 49.3% (vs. 35.9% among males, odds ratio [OR] 2.00; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.02-03.97,

conclusionsDepression and anxiety were high among the study participants. Co-existing anxiety and female gender are significantly associated with depression among them. Increasing age, socioeconomic factors, and parental education are other factors influencing depression and anxiety but were statistically not significant.

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Adolescentanxietydepressionmood disturbancepanic disorderschool

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