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Self-reported symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress in Portuguese primary school-aged children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress experienced during childhood might have a negative impact on development. This study explores factors associated with such symptoms among Portuguese primary school-aged children.

Methods

A sample of children (n?=?1022, mean age?=?8.77?years old) was recruited in public and private schools from the cities of Coimbra, Lisbon and Porto, Portugal. The children's version of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-C) was self-administered. Multivariate logistic regression models were fitted to measure associations (expressed as Odds Ratio, OR and 95% Confidence Intervals, CI) between each DASS-C subscale, dichotomized by its 4th vs. 3rd or less quartiles (symptoms increase with scores), and covariates: child sex, age, socioeconomic status (SES), sports activity beyond school, children self-assessed health status, child and mother's body mass index and mother's DASS scores.

Results

Age was negatively associated with anxiety symptoms (adjusted OR, 95% CI: 0.70, 0.57-0.87) and girls, compared to boys, presented lower odds of depressive and stress symptoms (adjusted OR, 95% CI: 0.65, 0.47-0.92 and 0.57, 0.41-0.80, respectively). A low socioeconomic status was associated with more frequent symptoms of stress (adjusted OR, 95%CI for low compared to high SES: 1.61, 1.01-2.56). Children with poorer self-assessed health status and whose mothers scored higher in the DASS also presented significantly higher odds of scoring in the 4th quartile (vs. 3rd or less) of the three DASS-C subscales.

Conclusions

These results suggest the need to tailor preventive efforts targeting childhood mental health symptoms.

SUBMITTER: Costa D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7047394 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Self-reported symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress in Portuguese primary school-aged children.

Costa Diogo D Cunha Marina M Ferreira Cláudia C Gama Augusta A Machado-Rodrigues Aristides M AM Rosado-Marques Vítor V Nogueira Helena H Silva Maria-Raquel G MG Padez Cristina C

BMC psychiatry 20200227 1

<h4>Background</h4>Symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress experienced during childhood might have a negative impact on development. This study explores factors associated with such symptoms among Portuguese primary school-aged children.<h4>Methods</h4>A sample of children (n = 1022, mean age = 8.77 years old) was recruited in public and private schools from the cities of Coimbra, Lisbon and Porto, Portugal. The children's version of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-C) was self- ...[more]

PMID: 32106844

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