Prevalence and associated factors of depression, anxiaety and stress among secondary school students in Sekolah Menengah Agama, Hulu Langat / Muhammad Nizam Mohd Haris, Soon Hie Ying.

Muhammad Nizam Mohd Haris, Muhammad Nizam (2013) Prevalence and associated factors of depression, anxiaety and stress among secondary school students in Sekolah Menengah Agama, Hulu Langat / Muhammad Nizam Mohd Haris, Soon Hie Ying. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: Mental health problems are common issues in all region of the world. It is crucial especially among secondary school students as they have to face with lots of changes in terms of physical, emotional, psychological, or social that can be associated with mental health problems. Objective: To study the prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress among secondary school students and to determine the association between gender, family income, parents' marital status and self-esteem level with depression, anxiety and stress among secondary school students. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data from the secondary school students of Form One, Two and Four from the particular schools. All the data were analysed using SPSS version 21. Results: The prevalence of the depression among the respondents is about 44.3% , 67.5% for anxiety and 43.9% for stress. There are significant association between total family income with depression (p=0.039), self-esteem with depression (p<O.OOI), anxiety (p=0.001) and stress (p<O.OOI). However, there are no significant association between gender with depression, anxiety and stress, total family income with anxiety and stress, parents' marital status with depression, anxiety and stress. Conclusion: The prevalence of respondents having mental problems are considered quite high especially anxiety which comprised of 206 out of 305 respondents. Sex of the students and their parents' marital status do not influenced their depression, anxiety and stress level. .Income of the family also has no significant impact on the anxiety and stress level of the students but do significantly associated with their depressed level. On the other hands, self-esteem of the respondents does affect their depressed, anxiety and stress level. Keyword: depression, anxiety and stress

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms Norafizah Radzuan
Date Deposited:	23 Sep 2022 01:23
Last Modified:	16 Feb 2023 06:47
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108

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