Physio-psychosocial risk of depression among college-going adolescents: A cross-sectional study in Bangladesh
Background: Depression among adolescents is a growing concern worldwide, including in Bangladesh. This study aimed to investigate depression and its associated factors among college-going adolescents in Bangladesh. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1919 college-going adolescents...
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| author | Md Abu Bakkar Siddik Morioum Sarkar Munmun Nafiul Hasan Md. Khalid Syfullah Al Mahmud Akher Ali Liza Bosak Shanjida Chowdhury Anton Abdulbasah Kamil Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman |
| author_facet | Md Abu Bakkar Siddik Morioum Sarkar Munmun Nafiul Hasan Md. Khalid Syfullah Al Mahmud Akher Ali Liza Bosak Shanjida Chowdhury Anton Abdulbasah Kamil Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman |
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| description | Background: Depression among adolescents is a growing concern worldwide, including in Bangladesh. This study aimed to investigate depression and its associated factors among college-going adolescents in Bangladesh. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1919 college-going adolescents through a Google-based questionnaire covering all administrative divisions of Bangladesh. Respondents’ socio-demographic information was collected, and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) was used to assess depression. Different statistical analyses, including descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and multinomial logistic regression, were performed to analyze the data. Results: The results showed that a majority of the adolescents (65.5 %) were female and identified as Muslim (92.0 %). The average age was 17.5 years, with 33.9 % reporting pre-marital relationships and 10.7 % engaging in daily exercise. Alarmingly, over 80 % of college-going adolescents experienced moderate to severe depression (24.3 % moderate; 29.1 % moderately severe, and 26.8 % severe). Factors including gender, social media use, physical exercise, pre-marital relationships, religious practices, experiences of blackmail, and major physical illnesses have significant association (p < 0.001) with the increased risk of depression among college-going adolescents in Bangladesh. The multinomial logistic regression analysis found female adolescents, social media users, those not engaged in regular exercise, individuals in pre-marital relationships, non-practitioners of religion, victims of blackmail, and those with major physical illnesses had the higher odds of experiencing moderate to severe depression. Conclusion: The high depression level among Bangladeshi college-going adolescents underscores the urgent need for targeted mental health intervention to address associated risk factors and promote the well-being of college-going adolescents in Bangladesh. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-efb8c616afea4f6fa841d8753275c0ad2024-04-27T04:43:47ZengElsevierJournal of Affective Disorders Reports2666-91532024-04-0116100768Physio-psychosocial risk of depression among college-going adolescents: A cross-sectional study in BangladeshMd Abu Bakkar Siddik0Morioum Sarkar Munmun1Nafiul Hasan2Md. Khalid Syfullah3Al Mahmud4Akher Ali5Liza Bosak6Shanjida Chowdhury7Anton Abdulbasah Kamil8Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman9School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China; Centre for Social Policy & Justice, Dhaka, BangladeshDepartment of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, BangladeshDepartment of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, BangladeshDepartment of Public Administration, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, BangladeshDepartment of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, BangladeshDepartment of Statistics, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, BangladeshBasic Science Division, World University of BangladeshSoutheast Business School, Southeast University Bangladesh, Dhaka, 1208, BangladeshDepartment of Business Administration, Istanbul Gelisim University, TurkeyDepartment of Biostatistics, National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM), Mohakhali, Dhaka, 121, Bangladesh; Corresponding author.Background: Depression among adolescents is a growing concern worldwide, including in Bangladesh. This study aimed to investigate depression and its associated factors among college-going adolescents in Bangladesh. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1919 college-going adolescents through a Google-based questionnaire covering all administrative divisions of Bangladesh. Respondents’ socio-demographic information was collected, and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) was used to assess depression. Different statistical analyses, including descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and multinomial logistic regression, were performed to analyze the data. Results: The results showed that a majority of the adolescents (65.5 %) were female and identified as Muslim (92.0 %). The average age was 17.5 years, with 33.9 % reporting pre-marital relationships and 10.7 % engaging in daily exercise. Alarmingly, over 80 % of college-going adolescents experienced moderate to severe depression (24.3 % moderate; 29.1 % moderately severe, and 26.8 % severe). Factors including gender, social media use, physical exercise, pre-marital relationships, religious practices, experiences of blackmail, and major physical illnesses have significant association (p < 0.001) with the increased risk of depression among college-going adolescents in Bangladesh. The multinomial logistic regression analysis found female adolescents, social media users, those not engaged in regular exercise, individuals in pre-marital relationships, non-practitioners of religion, victims of blackmail, and those with major physical illnesses had the higher odds of experiencing moderate to severe depression. Conclusion: The high depression level among Bangladeshi college-going adolescents underscores the urgent need for targeted mental health intervention to address associated risk factors and promote the well-being of college-going adolescents in Bangladesh.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666915324000544Mental healthDepressionPhysio-psychosocial riskCollege-going adolescentsBangladesh |
| spellingShingle | Md Abu Bakkar Siddik Morioum Sarkar Munmun Nafiul Hasan Md. Khalid Syfullah Al Mahmud Akher Ali Liza Bosak Shanjida Chowdhury Anton Abdulbasah Kamil Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman Physio-psychosocial risk of depression among college-going adolescents: A cross-sectional study in Bangladesh Journal of Affective Disorders Reports Mental health Depression Physio-psychosocial risk College-going adolescents Bangladesh |
| title | Physio-psychosocial risk of depression among college-going adolescents: A cross-sectional study in Bangladesh |
| title_full | Physio-psychosocial risk of depression among college-going adolescents: A cross-sectional study in Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Physio-psychosocial risk of depression among college-going adolescents: A cross-sectional study in Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physio-psychosocial risk of depression among college-going adolescents: A cross-sectional study in Bangladesh |
| title_short | Physio-psychosocial risk of depression among college-going adolescents: A cross-sectional study in Bangladesh |
| title_sort | physio psychosocial risk of depression among college going adolescents a cross sectional study in bangladesh |
| topic | Mental health Depression Physio-psychosocial risk College-going adolescents Bangladesh |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666915324000544 |
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