Depression among secondary school students: a comparison between urban and rural populations

Introduction: Childhood depression is a debilitating psychiatric illness and has frequently been under-diagnosed. It is crucial to identify the condition early, as undetected cases may lead to detrimental psychosocial consequences in adulthood. Objective: The prevalence of depression among school...

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Main Authors:	Musa, Ramli, S., Adlina, Ariaratnam, Suthahar, AB, Edariah, Fadzil, Mohd Ariff, AHH, Narimah, AS, Nuraliza, I., Fauzi, C., Karuthan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Hong Kong College of Psychiatry 2008
Subjects:	RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/4017/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/4017/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/4017/1/4.Urban_Rural_HongKong.pdf

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spelling	iium-40172013-07-31T02:25:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/4017/ Depression among secondary school students: a comparison between urban and rural populations Musa, Ramli S., Adlina Ariaratnam, Suthahar AB, Edariah Fadzil, Mohd Ariff AHH, Narimah AS, Nuraliza I., Fauzi C., Karuthan RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Introduction: Childhood depression is a debilitating psychiatric illness and has frequently been under-diagnosed. It is crucial to identify the condition early, as undetected cases may lead to detrimental psychosocial consequences in adulthood. Objective: The prevalence of depression among school children in Selangor and to compare it between urban and rural schools. Also to identify factors associated with depression in secondary school children. Method: 2 urban and 3 rural secondary schools were selected by 2-staged stratified random sampling to represent the population of secondary school children in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. A total of 2,048 school children were enrolled and the level of depression was measured by a self-rated scale, the Children’s Depression Inventory. Results: This study found that the prevalence of possible depressive students in Selangor was 10.3%. There was no difference in the prevalence of depression between rural and urban population. Factors associated with depression were being female, Chinese, parents with low educational level, and high number of siblings, smoking and alcohol abuse. Depression contributed significantly to suicidal tendencies. Conclusions: A sizable proportion of the secondary school children in this population potentially suffer from depression. Psychological interventions are needed to ease this psychological burden and ensure their well being. Key words: Depression, secondary school students, factors associated. The Hong Kong College of Psychiatry 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/4017/1/4.Urban_Rural_HongKong.pdf Musa, Ramli and S., Adlina and Ariaratnam, Suthahar and AB, Edariah and Fadzil, Mohd Ariff and AHH, Narimah and AS, Nuraliza and I., Fauzi and C., Karuthan (2008) Depression among secondary school students: a comparison between urban and rural populations. Hong Kong Journal of Psychiatry, 18 (2). pp. 55-61. ISSN 1026-2121 http://www.hkjpsych.com/past0802.htm
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spellingShingle	RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Musa, Ramli S., Adlina Ariaratnam, Suthahar AB, Edariah Fadzil, Mohd Ariff AHH, Narimah AS, Nuraliza I., Fauzi C., Karuthan Depression among secondary school students: a comparison between urban and rural populations
description	Introduction: Childhood depression is a debilitating psychiatric illness and has frequently been under-diagnosed. It is crucial to identify the condition early, as undetected cases may lead to detrimental psychosocial consequences in adulthood. Objective: The prevalence of depression among school children in Selangor and to compare it between urban and rural schools. Also to identify factors associated with depression in secondary school children. Method: 2 urban and 3 rural secondary schools were selected by 2-staged stratified random sampling to represent the population of secondary school children in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. A total of 2,048 school children were enrolled and the level of depression was measured by a self-rated scale, the Children’s Depression Inventory. Results: This study found that the prevalence of possible depressive students in Selangor was 10.3%. There was no difference in the prevalence of depression between rural and urban population. Factors associated with depression were being female, Chinese, parents with low educational level, and high number of siblings, smoking and alcohol abuse. Depression contributed significantly to suicidal tendencies. Conclusions: A sizable proportion of the secondary school children in this population potentially suffer from depression. Psychological interventions are needed to ease this psychological burden and ensure their well being. Key words: Depression, secondary school students, factors associated.
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author	Musa, Ramli S., Adlina Ariaratnam, Suthahar AB, Edariah Fadzil, Mohd Ariff AHH, Narimah AS, Nuraliza I., Fauzi C., Karuthan
author_facet	Musa, Ramli S., Adlina Ariaratnam, Suthahar AB, Edariah Fadzil, Mohd Ariff AHH, Narimah AS, Nuraliza I., Fauzi C., Karuthan
author_sort	Musa, Ramli
title	Depression among secondary school students: a comparison between urban and rural populations
title_short	Depression among secondary school students: a comparison between urban and rural populations
title_full	Depression among secondary school students: a comparison between urban and rural populations
title_fullStr	Depression among secondary school students: a comparison between urban and rural populations
title_full_unstemmed	Depression among secondary school students: a comparison between urban and rural populations
title_sort	depression among secondary school students: a comparison between urban and rural populations
publisher	The Hong Kong College of Psychiatry
publishDate	2008
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/4017/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/4017/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/4017/1/4.Urban_Rural_HongKong.pdf
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Depression among secondary school students: a comparison between urban and rural populations

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