10-15 Yaş arası Okul Çocuklarında Depresyon Faktörlerinde Artış

Amaç: Majör depresif bozukluk, hem gelişmiş hem de gelişmemiş ülkelerde tırmanan bir sorundur. Ergenlerle benzer şekilde, depresif belirtiler okula devam eden çocuklara kapsamlı bir düzeyde teşhis konulmuştur. Bu çalışma, Ürdün'de okula devam eden çocuklar arasındaki depresyonun artan faktörlerini araştırmaya odaklanmıştır. Yöntem: Amman'tan gelen 1650 öğrenci örneği iki araç ile değerlendirildi. Beş devlet ve beş özel okulda okuyan öğrenci seçimi için 10-15 yaş grubu belirlendi. Toplanan veriler SPSS sürüm 20 ile analiz edildi. Bulgular: Araştırmanın bulguları, çocukluk çağındaki depresyonun ekolojik faktörler ve psikiyatrik hastalıklara eşlik eden hastalıklarla güçlü bir şekilde ilişkili olduğunu yansıtıyordu. Ayrıca, sonuçlar yaş, cinsiyet, yaşam düzenlemeleri ve aile içi şiddetin çocukluğun depresyonuyla ilişkili olduğunu ortaya koydu. Sonuçlar ayrıca, depresyon prevalans oranının kızlarda erkeklerden daha yüksek olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Sonuç: Depresyon, erken evrede tedavi edilmezse daha şiddetli olabilir. Benzer şekilde, çocukluk çağındaki depresyonun ilk aşamalarda uygun şekilde tedavi edilememesi durumunda yetişkinlikte devam etmesi muhtemeldir. Dahası, her ülkenin farklı sosyal ve ekonomik faktörlerinden dolayı depresyon oranı dünyada farklılık göstermektedir.

Increasing Factors of Depression Among School Children Aged 10-15 Years

Objective: Major depressive disorder is an escalating problem in bothdeveloped and under developed countries. Similar to the adolescents,depressive symptoms have been diagnosed at an extensive level among schoolgoing children. The study is based around investigating the increasing factors ofdepression among school going children of Jordan.Methods: A sample of 1650 school going students from Amman has beenconsidered, which was assessed on behalf of two instruments. The age group of10-15 years was identified for recruiting students from five government andfive private schools. The collected data was analyzed through SPSS version 20.Results: Findings of the study reflected that depression in childhood is stronglyassociated with ecological factors and psychiatric co-morbidities. Furthermore,the results revealed that age, gender, living arrangements, and domesticviolence are also associated with childhood depression. The results furtheridentified that the prevalence rate of depression is higher in girls as comparedto the boys.Conclusion: Depression can become more severe, if it is not managed at theearly stage. Similarly, depression in childhood is likely to continue in adulthoodif it is not properly treated at initial stages. Moreover, the rate of depressionvary across the globe due to the different social and economic factors of eachcountry.

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