Study on status and influencing factors of anxiety and depression of adolescent students in Weifang city / 中国神经精神疾病杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the prevalence of anxiety and depression in adolescent children, and to explore influencing factors of anxiety and depression. Methods From May 2016 to September, 435 students at the age of 10~18 were randomly selected from primary school, middle school, high school in Weifang city. The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) and Depression Self-rating Scale for Children (DSRSC) were used to evaluate the Clinical manifestation of students with anxiety and depression. A survey on the factors influencing anxiety and depression in adolescence was used to evaluate the related factors of students with anxiety and depression. Results The incidence rate of the anxious and depression of adolescent children in Weifang City was 20.6% and the average age was (12.38±3.58). The occurrence rate of anxious and depression was higher in girls than in boys (26.5%vs. 15.7%, P<0.05). Personal unhealthy (OR=0.387, P=0.001), lack of parental accompaniment (OR=0.671, P=0.020), low parental educational levels(OR father=0.338, P=0.001; OR mather=0.262, P=0.001), poor parental relationship (OR=1.049, P=0.008), bad parenting styles (OR=0.471, P=0.016) were risk factors of anxious and depression in adolescent children (P<0.05). Conclusion Adolescent girls are the high incidence population of emotional disorder, especially in early adolescence. Lack of parental accompaniment, low parental educational levels, poor parental rela-tionship, bad parenting styles are closely related to anxiety and depression.