An Epidemiological study on Depression among Rural & Urban Adolescent of Moradabad District
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Depression, Rural, Urban, Adolescent, Family, School, Mohalla, ParentsAbstract
Introduction: Adolescence is a stressful period due to physical, psychological, sexual changes, and the presence of psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, and stress at this stage of life is a matter of concern.
Objectives: The objectives of our study were to study the prevalence of depression among adolescents in urban and rural areas and to study the socio-demographic correlates of depression among adolescents in urban and rural areas..
Materials and methods: The PSU in the field practise area incorporates of all villages and mohallas. There were 29 villages in the rural PSU and 23 mohallas with in urban PSU. Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College and Research Centre, Moradabad's Community Medicine Department annually conducts a census to determine the population of all the PSUs. The required number of villages and mohallas, i.e., 10 each, were chosen using the basic random procedure, wherein each village and mohalla has been assigned a unique serial number.
Results: that participant whose mother had primary education reported maximum burden (70%) and this was statistically significant. Adolescent having father who completed primary and high school were observed to be depressed in 33.3%. Employment of parent was not found to be statistically significant in occurrence of depression in the study participants. Adolescents from the upper middle socioeconomic class (42.9%) and those from the lower middle socioeconomic class (33.3%) experienced the most depression. Depression was more common (32.6%) among adolescents who did not engage in enough physical activity.
Conclusion: The present cross-sectional community based study involved 400 adolescents aged 10–19 years, residing in the urban and rural areas of Moradabad. We observed significant burden of depression in adolescent with poor maternal education, living in nuclear families, leading poor lifestyle and were affected by any chronic illness at the time of the interview. A positive family history of any kind of mental illness was also an important risk factor.
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