Key result
The prevalence of depressive symptoms among tertiary level students in Bangladesh was 30.7%, with significant associations found for factors including overweight, migraine, and chronic disease.
Why the study?
Depression is a common global problem that increases unhealthy lifestyle behaviors, but the prevalence and associated factors among tertiary level students in Rajshahi district, Bangladesh, needed to be determined.
Cross-Sectional (n=400)
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Approximately one-third of tertiary level students in Rajshahi district, Bangladesh, experience depressive symptoms, which are associated with factors such as BMI, family size, maternal literacy, and comorbidities.
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May support targeted screening in tertiary students; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before guiding practice.
Depression is a common problem around the world that increases the risk of unhealthy lifestyle behavior. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of depressive symptoms among tertiary level (college) students in Rajshahi district, Bangladesh. A cross sectional study was conducted among 400 college students in Rajshahi district. Samples were collected using two-stage random sampling. Nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) was used to measure depressive symptoms of tertiary level students. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square test and logistic regression were used to determine the prevalence of depressive symptoms and its associated factors. A value of p<0.05 was considered as statistically significant in the analysis. The prevalence of depressive symptoms among tertiary level students was 30.7%, with a greater proportion in urban (40.70%) than rural (21.40%) areas of Rajshahi district. A binary logistic regression model established five main factors of depressive symptoms among tertiary level students in Bangladesh: (1) family members ≤4 (AOR= 2.27; CI: 1.21–4.26, p<0.05); (ii) BMI status [underweight (AOR= 1.70; CI: 1.05–2.74, p<0.05) and overweight (AOR= 5.91; CI: 2.42–14.43, p<0.10)]; (iii) migraine (AOR: 3.35; CI: 1.75–6.43, p<0.05); (iv) existence of chronic disease (AOR= 1.96; CI, 1.04–3.70, p<0.05); and (v) illiterate mothers (AOR= 2.38; CI, 1.16–4.86, p<0.05). About one-third of the tertiary level students were suffering from depressive symptoms in Rajshahi district, Bangladesh. Some prevention programs like school-based counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy, interpersonal approaches, and family-based prevention strategies should be taken for preventing depressive symptoms of adolescent students; our findings would help for this purpose.
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Mamun et al. (2022) conducted a cross-sectional in Depressive symptoms (n=400). Risk factors (family size, BMI, migraine, chronic disease, maternal literacy) vs. Students without these risk factors was evaluated on Prevalence of depressive symptoms. The prevalence of depressive symptoms among tertiary level students in Bangladesh was 30.7%, with significant associations found for factors including overweight, migraine, and chronic disease.
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