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KMID : 1007420130110030144
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Mood and Emotion
2013 Volume.11 No. 3 p.144 ~ p.149
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The Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms and Related Factors among College Students on Jeju Island in Korea
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Park Jin-Hyeong
Min Hye-Young
Kim Moon-Doo
Yoon Bo-Hyun
Bahk Won-Myong
Bae Ha-Eun
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Abstract
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Objectives : We tried to investigate the prevalence of depressive symptoms and related factors among college student on Jeju island in Korea.
Methods : One university in Jeju island was selected as the study population. Of the 1000 total respondents, 479 were men and 521 were women. The data was gathered using self-reporting questionnaires consisting of sociodemographic factors, health behavior, etc. The Korean Beck Depression Inventory (K-BDI) was used to evaluate depressive symptoms. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed for comparisons.
Results : The prevalence of depressive symptoms among college students is 7.7% in total, 8.6% in male, 6.9% in female. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that familial support, education level of father or school record were associated with greater risk of depressive symptoms.
Conclusion : Familial support (OR= 5.388, 95% C.I. 1.646-17.636), education level of father (OR=1.086, 95% C.I. 1.003-1.176) or school record (OR= 1.747, 95% C.I. 1.008-3.026) were found to be a significant correlates of depressive symptoms among college students in Jeju island. Variety of support to enhance family relation, reduce the stress including sociocultural and political policies and programs would be needed to reduce risk of depressive symptoms among college students.
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KEYWORD
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Depressive symptoms, College student, Familial support, Prevalence, Related factors
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