Anxiety and depression in junior high school students with myopia and their influencing factors in Zhoushan / 预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To learn anxiety and depression status in junior high school students with myopia in Zhoushan and their influencing factors,so as to provide reference for vision care and mental health intervention.@*Methods@#A stratified cluster random sampling method was used to select students from two junior high school in Zhoushan. A self-designed questionnaire,self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and self-rating depression scale (SDS) were employed to collect the demographic information,and to evaluate anxiety and depression status.The logistic regression analysis was used to select the influencing factors for anxiety and depression in myopia students.@*Results @#A total of 775 questionnaires were sent out and 766 valid ones were recovered,with an response rate of 98.84%. There were 662 students with myopia.The rates of anxiety,depression and the two combined in myopic students were 22.36%,25.38% and 14.35%,respectively.The results of the multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the risk factors for anxiety of myopic students were females (OR=1.514,95%CI1.054-2.183),the third grade (OR=2.246,95%CI1.408-3.619),high myopia (OR=1.839,95%CI1.126-3.017) and wearing glasses for two years or above (OR=2.504,95%CI1.464-4.306); the risk factors for depression were females (OR=1.182,95%CI1.253-2.536),above average of school record (OR1.614-2.026,95%CI1.034-3.153),high myopia (OR=2.284,95%CI1.513-3.436) and wearing glasses for two years or above (OR=4.602,95%CI2.035-10.372). @*Conclusions@#The prevalence rates of anxiety and depression are higher in junior high school students with myopia in Zhoushan. The students who are females,are in the third grade,have above average of school record,have high myopia and wearing glasses for two years or above are more likely to suffer from anxiety or depression.