Assessment of mental health status among adolescent school children in Karnataka
| Autor: | Sunil Kumar D R, Srividya J, Suresh V C, Apoorva E Patel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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education.field_of_study
medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study Population Primary care Mental health 030227 psychiatry 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Intervention (counseling) Informed assent Family medicine Forensic psychiatry Forensic nursing medicine 030212 general & internal medicine education Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Forensic and Community Medicine. 8:63-66 |
| ISSN: | 2394-6776 2394-6768 |
| Popis: | India has the largest population of adolescents in the world (1/5th of world’s adolescents)with4-33% prevalence of mental health disorders. The present study was conducted to assess the mental health status of adolescent school going children in Karnataka. A cross sectional study was conducted among 375 adolescent school going children aged 10-15 years in a private school in Karnataka (June-August 2019). Students were interviewed by pretested questionnaire after obtaining informed assent from the school administrators and primary care givers. The questionnaire included 4 different domains viz., Educational, Physical health, Emotional and Social factors. Scores ranged between 0 – 41 and interpreted as higher the scores better the mental health status of student. Data was analyzed using SPSS software version 24.Out of 375 participants, 48.8% were girls and 51.2% were boys with mean age of 12.7 yrs. Overall 12.5% students had abnormal mental health status, which was more among girls (15.4%) compared to boys (9.9%) and it was statistically significant (p < 0.021). Of 4 domains, physical health factor was most affected (17.3%), followed by educational factor (15%). Gender-wise, educational domain was most affected among boys (17.7%, p = 0.034) and physical health domain among girls (20.2%, pThis study shows that abnormal mental health status is prevalent among adolescents and more among girls. Of the 4 domains, Physical health was most affected. This problem needs addressal with well defined school-based intervention programs. |
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