Mental health status compared among rural-to-urban migrant, urban and rural school-age children in Guangdong Province, China

Autor: Ningjing Chen, Yongguang Pei, Xijun Lin, Jun Wang, Xiuqing Bu, Ke Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: BMC Psychiatry, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-019-2356-4
Popis: Abstract Background Previous research has documented mental health status among rural-to-urban migrant children (labeled as “migrant children” henceforth) and urban children. However, the findings remain unclear. In addition, far less attention has been paid to rural children’s psychological outcomes. The purpose of this study was to compare mental health status among migrant, urban and rural school-age children in Guangdong Province, China. Methods This was a cross-sectional study involving 372 migrant, 254 urban and 268 rural children selected respectively from 3 private schools, 4 public schools and 2 village schools in Guangdong Province, China. Participants provided their socio-demographic information and completed the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to assess mental health. One-way analyses of variance (ANOVAs) and Bonferroni post hoc test were used to evaluate SDQ scores differences. A multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to measure mental health differences among children after controlling for socio-demographics. Chi-square analyses were used to assess differences in the prevalence of mental health problems among children. Results Bonferroni post hoc test showed that migrant and rural children reported significantly higher scores than urban peers in emotional symptoms, hyperactivity/inattention and total difficulties score (p
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