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KMID : 0928020080120010011
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Nursing and Innovation
2008 Volume.12 No. 1 p.11 ~ p.21
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Depression and related factors among middle school students
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Park Sang-Youn
Jo Nam-Hee
Shin Sung-Chul
Lee Yu-Ji
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study aimed to identify the level of depression and related factors among middle school students. These informations would provide fundamental information for developing nursing practice for depression.
Method: The participants were 343 middle school students in D city. Data were collected using structured questionnaire from September 13 to 27, 2007. Collected data were analyzed by Frequencies, Percentage, Means, Standard Deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA and Scheffe test using SPSS Program.
Results: The participants level of depression was 15.36 which means mild depression. Religion, father’s level of education, mother employment, economy, grade, satisfaction of school life and self-rated health status were factors related to the level of depression among the study participants.
Conclusion: Middle school age is a starting point to became a healthy adolescence. Health care providers need to increase awareness toward decreasing levels of depression among middle school students.
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KEYWORD
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depression, health status, middle school students
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