ฐานข้อมูลวิจัยด้านสุขภาพจิตและจิตเวช

ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Nujjaree Chaimongkol

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Depression in adolescents whose parents died from AIDS.

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of Mental Health of Thailand, Vol. 17, No. 1, January 2009, page 46.

รายละเอียด / Details:

Objective To determine prevalence of depression in adolescent whose parents died from AIDS Materials and methods The convenience sample of this study included 74 adolescents aged 11-18 years old who were at least one biological parent died from AIDS. Depression was measured using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies - Depression scale (CES-D) Thai version. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze data. Results The prevalence of depression in Thai adolescents whose parent died from AIDS was 17.6%. The cut-off score of CES-D > 22 is recommended as a criterion to indicate significant depression. In addition, there was no significant difference between male and female among the sample. Conclusion Prevalence of depression in adolescents whose parent died from AIDS was similar to those in general adolescents.

Keywords: adolescent, aids, depression

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2009

Address: Faculty of Nursing, Burapha University

Code: 201000097

ISSN/ISBN: 2859-497-x

Country of publication: Thailand

Language: English

Category: Abstract

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