A Depression, Anxiety and Stress among School going Adolescents during COVID-19 Pandemic in a School in Lalitpur District: Online Survey
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Adolescent, Anxiety, Depression, StressAbstract
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Introduction:Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic is a public health emergency in world wide. It poses a challenge to balance the psychological state of every human being including the children.
Methods: An online survey was conducted among 105 adolescents studying in grade 9 and 10 of a purposively selected school in Lalitpur district. Data was collected using DASS-21 a valid standard tool using a google form developed by researcher. Data entry and analysis was done using SPSS version 16. A descriptive and inferential statistics were calculated. A chi square test for categorical data and correlation coefficient for continuous data were used to establish the relationship between variables. P value less than 0.05 was used for statistical significance.
Results:Out of 105 respondents, more than half 52.4% were from 16 years. The mean age ± SD of respondent was 14.94±0.77 years, 59% of respondents were from grade 10. Half of respondents(50.5%) were male. Among 105 respondents, 12.4% had mild, 19% had moderate, 5.7% had severe and 6.7% had extremely severe depression. Similarly 13.3% had mild, 14.3% had moderate, 2.9% had severe and 13.3% had extremely severe depression. Furthermore, 11.4% had mild, 20% had moderate and 2.9% had severe stress. There was a moderate positive correlation between anxiety and stress (r=0.616,P< .01), anxiety and depression (r= 0.536, P<. 01) and, stress and depression (r=0.656, P< .01).
Conclusion: Based on the result of the study, it has been identified that the anxiety, depression and stress is prevalent among school going adolescents. All the variables depression, anxiety and stress are positively related to each other which suggest that management should be emphasized by parents and school administration for the promotion of mental health of school going adolescents.
Key words: Adolescent, Anxiety, Depression, Stress
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