Somatic Symptoms in Secondary School Students and Parental Attitudes

Karaca, Semra

doi:10.5505/phd.2015.93063

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“…Being in a private schools increased the level of somatic symptoms [adjusted β= 0.16, 95% CI: 0.046, 0.292] compared to being in public schools, controlling other factors constant. This finding is consistent with the study conducted in Turkey[64]. Possible justification could be private school students and their parents are optimistic of academic achievement than public school students and parents.…”

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“…This suggests that female students had higher levels of somatic symptoms compared to male students, holding other determinants constant. This finding is supported with other studies [64, 65]. The possible justification for consistency could be psychosocial and biological factors or complex mixture of them [122] that may lead women’s at risk of somatic symptoms.…”

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“…Different scholars reported that female sex [64] [65, 66], being in private school [64], physically activity [67, 68], extra school tutoring [69], stress [70] [71, 72], anxiety [65, 73, 74] and depression [65, 75, 76] had significant relation with somatic symptom.…”

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Depression, Anxiety, Somatic symptom and their determinants among High School and Preparatory School Adolescents in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022.Non-recursive Structural Equation Modeling

Gebreegziabher

Eristu

Molla

2023

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Introduction: In Developing Countries including Ethiopia, mental health is not only a public concern; but also a developmental issue. Depression and anxiety are the commonest mental health disorders and often somatic symptoms co-exist with them. Adolescents with common mental health problems are associated with increased risk of suicide, future unemployment, and poor quality of life. Little is known about the mental health of adolescents in the Ethiopia. Thus, this study aimed to assess the magnitude and determinants of depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms among high school and preparatory school adolescents in Gondar town. Methods Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted from June 8 to 24, 2022. Two-stage stratified random sampling was used to select 1407 high school and preparatory school adolescents in Gondar town. Data were collected through structured and standard self-administered questionnaires. STATA version 16 and AMOS version 21 were used for analysis. Non-recursive structural equation modeling was employed to assess the direct, indirect, and total effects of the predictors. Degree of relationship was interpreted based on adjusted regression coefficients with corresponding 95% confidence interval. Results Magnitude of anxiety, depression, and somatic symptoms were 25.05% (95%CI: 22.8, 27.5), 28.21 (95% CI: 25.8, 31%), and 25.24(95% CI: 23, 27.6%), respectively. High self-rated academic ability (β=-0.03, 95% CI: -0.065, -0.006) and high perceived social support (β=-0.22, 95% CI: 0-.304, -0.139) had significant negative effect on anxiety. High levels of depression had a direct positive effect (β= 0.74, 95% CI: 0.508, 1.010) on anxiety. High level of stress had significant direct (β=0.54, 95% CI: 0.293, 0.745) and indirect (β=0.57, 95% CI: 0.379, 0.814) positive effect on anxiety. High level of anxiety was significantly related with high level of depression (β=0.74, 95% CI= 0.483, 1.081). High perceived social support (β= -0.13, 95% CI: -0.229,-0.029), and having a history of death of beloved one within the past six months (β= 0.03, 95% CI: 0.014, 0.256) had a significant direct positive effect on depression. Having medically confirmed chronic illness (β=0.21, 95% CI=:0.114, 0.311), being female (β= 0.06, 95% CI= 0.003, 0.109) and high level of stress (β= -0.06, 95% CI: -0,454, 0.247) had significant indirect effect on depression. Stress (β= 0.86, 95% CI: 0.700, 1.025), anxiety (β=0.66, 95% CI: 0.270, 3.825) and depression (β= 0.96, 95% CI: 0.167, 3.629) were significant predictors of somatic symptoms. Conclusions and recommendations Magnitude of anxiety, depression, and somatic symptoms were moderate. Self-rated academic ability, physical trauma, school type, sex, stress, ever use of alcohol, perceived social support, death of beloved one, and having medically confirmed chronic illness were independent predictors of anxiety, depression and somatic symptoms. The bidirectional relationship between anxiety and depression was significant. Emphasis should be given to the prevention and management of mental health in the adolescent, particularly targeting adolescents with the aforementioned factors.

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Depression, Anxiety, Somatic symptom and their determinants among High School and Preparatory School Adolescents in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022.Non-recursive Structural Equation Modeling

Gebreegziabher

Eristu

Molla

2023

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“…The average value in the age group of children and adolescents was 25.4%, which was significantly lower than in our study (40.1%). The results of the overall frequency of occurrence of RSL obtained by us were lower than those of researchers from some other countries (e.g., Britain -66% [17], Italy -65.9% [18]), but higher than in Sweden (16.6%) [19] and Turkey (30.5%) [20]. Data on the prevalence of FSD in the pediatric adolescent population of the Russian Federation are scarce [30].…”

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“…FSD are currently an urgent problem in pediatrics, poorly covered in domestic pediatric practice. Research is carried out in different countries [3,5,10,12], climatic and geographical regions [13,14,15,16], socioeconomic conditions and places of residence (urban/rural), as well as among different age-sex groups and different contingents (hospital patients, organized children's groups) [17,18,19,20].…”

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Gender Differences In Functional Somatic Disorders Of Indigenous Adolescents In Khakassia

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Rationale — The goal of the study was to investigate gender characteristics of functional somatic disorders in adolescents of the indigenous population of Khakassia (using the case study of the Abakan city). Material and methods — The object of the study was 215 (46.8%) boys and 244 (53.2%) girls of four secondary schools in Abakan. Their average age was 14.5±1.3 years. Data collection was conducted by means of an original screening questionnaire developed by Professor S.Yu. Tereshchenko. Results — The incidence of recurrent pain in the total sample of the surveyed youths was 184 (40.1%) for cephalalgia, 225 (49.0%) for abdominal pain, and 269 (58.7%) for back pain. The prevalence and structure of functional somatic disorders in Khakas adolescents depended on their gender. Asthenic syndrome was more common among girls – 42 (17.2%) vs. 14 (6.5%) in boys. In girls, the percentage of frequent headaches was higher than in boys: 22 (9.0%) vs. 8 (3.7%), respectively. Similar trend was observed in case of rare headaches: 100 (41.0%) vs. 54 (25.1%). Also, girls, compared with boys, were characterized by a higher incidence of both frequent and rare abdominal pains: 38 (15.6%) vs. 9 (4.2%) and 106 (43.4%) vs. 72 (33.5%), correspondingly. Conclusion — The case study of surveyed ethnic sample of Abakan school students revealed a high prevalence of recurrent pain syndromes in the indigenous youths of Khakassia. We have also established that incidence, structure and severity of recurrent pain, as well as its negative impact on well-being and daily activities, were associated with gender.

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Determinants of adolescents’ depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms in Northwest Ethiopia: A non-recursive structural equation modeling

Gebreegziabher,

Eristu,

Molla

2024

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Introduction In low and middle-income countries, adolescent mental health is not only a major public health challenge but also a development concern. Depression and anxiety are the most common mental health disorders and somatic symptoms often co-exist with them. Adolescents with common mental health problems are associated with an increased risk of suicide, future unemployment, and poor quality of life. However, little is known about the mental health of adolescents in Ethiopia. Thus, this study aimed to assess the determinants of depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms among adolescents in Northwest Ethiopia, in 2022. Methods An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from June 8 to 24, 2022. Two-stage stratified random sampling was used to select 1407 adolescents in Northwest Ethiopia. Structured and standardized self-administered questionnaires were used to collect the data. Non-recursive structural equation modeling was employed to assess the direct, indirect, and total effects of predictors. Adjusted regression coefficients and corresponding 95% confidence intervals were used to interpret the strength of the association. Results The prevalence of depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms were 28.21% (95% CI: 25.8, 31%), 25.05% (95%CI: 22.8, 27.5), and 25.24(95% CI: 23, 27.6%) respectively. Alcohol use had a significant positive effect on depression [β = 0.14, 95% CI: 0.073, 0.201], anxiety [β = 0.11, 95% CI: 0.041, 0.188], and somatic symptoms [β = 0.12, 95% CI: 0.062, 0.211]. Stress had a significant positive effect on depression [β = 0.76, 95% CI: 0.642, 0.900], anxiety [β = 1.10, 95% CI: 0.955, 1.264], and somatic symptoms [β = 086, 95% C: 0.700, 1.025]. Depression had a direct positive effect on anxiety [β = 0.74, 95% CI: 0.508, 1.010]. Conclusion In this study, the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms was moderate. Alcohol use and stress were significantly related to depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms. The bidirectional relationship between anxiety and depression was significant. Therefore, public health interventions should focus on the bidirectional relationship between depression and anxiety, as well as on identified factors to reduce the burden of mental illness in adolescents.

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Somatic Symptoms in Secondary School Students and Parental Attitudes

Cited by 4 publications

References 13 publications

Depression, Anxiety, Somatic symptom and their determinants among High School and Preparatory School Adolescents in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022.Non-recursive Structural Equation Modeling

Depression, Anxiety, Somatic symptom and their determinants among High School and Preparatory School Adolescents in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022.Non-recursive Structural Equation Modeling

Gender Differences In Functional Somatic Disorders Of Indigenous Adolescents In Khakassia

Determinants of adolescents’ depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms in Northwest Ethiopia: A non-recursive structural equation modeling

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