Prevalence of Depression among College Students in Saudi Arabia
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Depression is a public problem which increases significantly around the world. Depression has several outcomes and the worst is suicide. It increases among youths and adolescent and ignoring it will lead to undesirable outcome as it affects the school grades and attention of students. Several tools were established to assess depression prevalence including PHQ-9. Aim: To assess the prevalence of depression among college students using PHQ-9 questionnaire. Methods: This study is a cross-sectional study which included college students from 5 different areas in Saudi Arabia. This study used Patient Health Questionniare-9 (PHQ-9) to investigate the prevalence of depression and its degrees. Results: The severity of depression in the present study was various, 18.2% had mild depression, 27.3% had moderate depression, 25.8% had moderately severe depression, 22.5% had severe depression, only 6.3% had no depression. Gender and area were significantly affected the severity of depression (P-value˂0.001). Conclusion: There were high rates of depression prevalence among college students and severity of depression was associated with female and students from north area.
Authors and Affiliations
Najeeb Saleh Alsalameh, Fahad Abdullah Almansour, Faisal Mohammad Alzakri, Hassan Rafaa Alshehri, Abdullah Saleh Almohaimeed
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- EP ID EP537982
- DOI 10.21276/ijmrp.2018.4.2.010
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