Psychosocial Problem among School-going Adolescents in Pokhara, Western Nepal

Banstola, Ratna Shila

doi:10.3126/jjis.v6i0.19314

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“…This perception significantly associated with anxiety and depression (p=0.026 and p=0.013), which is following other studies. 18,19 The presence of any chronic illness in the family was found to be significantly (p=0.003) associated with the presence of anxiety and it was in accordance with another study 20 . In the present study, ease to discuss problems with parents and perceiving unnecessary restrictions were both found to be significantly associated with anxiety (p<0.001) as well as depression (p=0.004), which was per the findings of another study.…”

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Perception of home environment and its effect on the mental health of school-going adolescent girls of Lucknow: a cross-sectional study

Singh

Manar

et al. 2022

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Home and family remains the primary social influence, an arena for fostering positive and negative influences in an adolescent’s life. The environment at home occupies a significant position. Objectives were to assess the perception of the home environment, level of anxiety and depression and to study the relationship between the two among school-going adolescent girls.Methods: School-going adolescent girls from two government schools of Lucknow were selected using a two-stage random sampling technique. A total of 200 participants were personally interviewed for their socio-demographic details, perception of the home environment and screened symptoms of anxiety and depression.Results: Of all the school-going adolescent girls who screened positive for anxiety and depression symptoms, 7.4-27.1% had severe anxiety, while 0-8.9% had major depression; severe severity, across classes 9th to 12th. Those for whom it was not easy to discuss problems with parents (AOR=3.65, p=0.009) and who perceived unnecessary restrictions (AOR=2.83, p=0.048) were at a greater risk of developing anxiety. While those, for whom it was not easy to discuss problems with parents were at 2.83 times greater risk of developing depression (p=0.048).Conclusions: The majority of school-going adolescent girls showed symptoms of anxiety or depression. Therefore, adolescents must be screened for poor mental health from time to time and those at high risk must be identified. Parents must be more involved and made aware of the issues leading to poor mental health of adolescents.

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Perception of home environment and its effect on the mental health of school-going adolescent girls of Lucknow: a cross-sectional study

Singh

Manar

et al. 2022

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…6 The study conducted in Pokhara showed 21.7 % of adolescent psychosocial problems and likewise, the study conducted on central region of Nepal published in 2016 showed 17.03%. 17,20 Another study conducted in Dehradun, India showed a prevalence of 40.5% whereas a cross-sectional study in Muzaffarnagar, India, revealed that the overall prevalence of psychosocial problems among adolescent was found to be 41.43%. 21,22 There was no association found between age group, sex, ethnicity and educational status of participants with psychosocial problems.…”

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Impact of associated factors in adolescent’s psychosocial problems in Banepa: a cross-sectional study

Shrestha

Thapa²,

Chaudhary³

et al. 2022

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Adolescence is the lifespan between childhood and adulthood from ages 10 to 19 years. Psychological problem is a state of emotional and behavioral disorders, including depression, anxiety, aggression, educational difficulties, etc. The study aimed to assess the impact of associated factors on adolescents’ psychosocial problems.Methods: Analytical cross-sectional and quantitative method was used. The study population was adolescents in grades 8 and 9. Purposive sampling was used to select the schools and the census technique was used to collect the data from respondents. A structured questionnaire was designed and administered to study participants. Data collected from respondents were analysed and expressed using Epidata 3.1 and SPSS 26.Results: The study shows that the prevalence of psychosocial problems among adolescents was 32.4%. The adolescent age group was greatly dominated by the age group 14-15 years (72.1%) and most of the respondents were female (52%). There was a significant association between the bad relationships with siblings (OR=5.840, 95% CI=1.820-18.735, p value=0.003), neighbors (OR=4.46, 95% CI=1.36-14.60, p value=0.013), classmates (OR=3.630, 95% CI=1.060-12.424, p value=0.040) and fine relationship with teachers (OR=5.091, 95% CI=2.223-11.658, p value<0.001) and those not satisfied with pocket money (OR= 2.833, 95% CI=1.227-6.544, p value=0.015) with the psychosocial problem.Conclusions: The update and revision of mental health policy and increment in the allocation of the health budget are crucial for improving mental health. The school can help by introducing child to parent approach to decrease the prevalence of psychosocial problems through a different awareness program and proper knowledge.

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“…This similar study showed that large proportion of the respondent 74.23% were using internet in mobile which is consistent with this study as majority 70.5% of the respondents were using mobile Phone and they are using it in the evening . 10 The respondents were using internet in mobile it may because of availability and affordability with the widespread adoption of home computers and smart phones and easy access to internet package of 3G/4G scheme on mobile phone. About 47.7% were male in this study which is consistent with the literature is the large susceptibility for males to be addicted to the Internet [11][12][13][14][15] whereas study conducted by Gupta et al contradicts the findings as female were more addicted to internet.…”

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Internet Addiction Among Students of Selected Schools of Pokhara, Nepal

Singh¹,

Shrestha²

2021

JCMC

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Background: Internet is accessed by over billion users worldwide and continues to rise every year. A huge number of these users belong to teenagers and young adults that uses internet on daily basis for different purposes. The present study was conducted with the purpose to assess the internet addiction among adolescence. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among students studying in selected schools of Pokhara, Nepal. A total 144 students were selected as sample using purposive sampling during April/May 2019. Data collection was done using structured demographic proforma, Modified young 20 item internet Addiction Test. Self-administered method was used for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The study revealed among the 144 students mean age was 15.52 +1.17, two third 60.7% were from 16-20 years of age, 61.1 % were male, more than half 51.1% were from grade nine and starting mean age of the respondents was 11.78+2.4.Majority 85.4 % were using internet from more than one year,43.8% were spending one to two hour with internet users,65.3% of the respondents were using internet for recreation purpose, all most respondents 96.5 were using internet in home,74.23% were using internet in mobile, starting mean age was 11.78+2.4.More than half 51.2% of the respondents had moderate to severe level of Internet addiction. Conclusions: Study findings shows moderate to severe level of Internet addiction. There was significant association between internet addiction and Internet using year, duration of internet use, spent with internet user and purpose of internet use.

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Psychosocial Problem among School-going Adolescents in Pokhara, Western Nepal

Cited by 11 publications

References 11 publications

Perception of home environment and its effect on the mental health of school-going adolescent girls of Lucknow: a cross-sectional study

Perception of home environment and its effect on the mental health of school-going adolescent girls of Lucknow: a cross-sectional study

Impact of associated factors in adolescent’s psychosocial problems in Banepa: a cross-sectional study

Internet Addiction Among Students of Selected Schools of Pokhara, Nepal

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