Psychosocial distress among in-school adolescents in Mozambique: a cross-sectional study using the Global School-Based Health Survey data

Autor: Hubert Amu, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Wonder Agbemavi, Bernard Owusu Afriyie, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Kwaku Kissah-Korsah
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1753-2000
DOI: 10.1186/s13034-020-00344-4
Popis: Abstract Background Poor mental health remains the leading cause of disability, with considerable negative impacts in low- and middle-income countries. In this study, we examined the prevalence and correlates of psychosocial distress among in-school adolescents in Mozambique. Methods This was a cross-sectional study of 1918 in-school adolescents, using data from the 2015 Mozambique Global School-Based Health Survey. Descriptive and inferential statistics were adopted in analysing the data. Statistical significance was set at p
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