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Onset of depressive symptomatology in a sample of university students

Author(s) -

Omar Enzo Santangelo,

Sandro Provenzano,

Dario Piazza,

Alberto Firenze

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

mental illness

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.239

H-Index - 10

eISSN - 2036-7465

pISSN - 2036-7457

DOI - 10.4081/mi.2018.7649

Subject(s) - sample (material) , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , clinical psychology , physics , thermodynamics

The aim of the study was to evaluate depressive symptomatology within the student population of the University of Palermo (Italy). An anonymous online questionnaire was provided to the students of the University of Palermo. The first section investigated demographic and social data, while in the second section the QIDS-SR16 (Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology Self-Report) test was administered. 539 students (68.3% female) gave informed consent and completed the questionnaire. Considering as a dependent variable: , the statistically significant independent variables associated are (aOR 1.63, 95% CI 1.01-2.63, P=0.043), (aOR 1.55, 95% CI 1.01-2.39, P=0.048) and (aOR 4.14, 95% CI 2.73-6.28, P<0.001). Smoking is associated with an increased risk of developing a high-grade depressive symptomatology. Family plays a crucial role in decreasing the risk of moderate, severe or very severe symptoms.

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