Relationship between depressive symptoms and social capital,social networks among female migrant adolescents in Hefei / 中华疾病控制杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective Learn about prevalence of depressive symptoms and to determine the relationship of depressive symptoms with social capital and social networks among migrant female adolescents.Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 329 single females selected by convenience sampling who were aged from 16 to 28 years old,having worked for from one month to ten years.Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale(CES-D) was used to evaluate the status of depressive symptoms that were sentenced by total score ≥20.Self-compiled items were applied to assess social capital with six aspects involving organizational characteristics,exclusion,etc.and social networks included size and density with score ranging from 1 to 15 and from 0 to 1 respectively.Results The prevalence of depressive symptom was 52.9% in participants.Working in restaurants(OR=0.554),being younger(OR=0.506),high scores of solidarity,trust and cooperation of neighborhood(OR=0.964,0.758) were associated with low risk of depressive symptoms.Conclusions Female migrant adolescents from rural to urban should be paid more attention to in depression prevention.Improving solidarity,trust and cooperation in neighborhood in city could probably decrease risk of their depressive symptoms.