Depression in adolescents whose parents died from AIDS
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2010-02-12
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Journal of Mental Health of Thailand - วารสารสุขภาพจิต แห่งประเทศไทย
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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.
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Journal of Mental Health of Thailand - วารสารสุขภาพจิต แห่งประเทศไทย; Volume 17 Number 1 January 2009; 45-51