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Depressive Symptom Prevalence and Risk Factors in Eastern Turkish University Students

Author(s) -

Yüksel Kıvrak

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

the annals of clinical and analytical medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2667-663X

DOI - 10.4328/jcam.2907

Subject(s) - medicine , turkish , depressive symptoms , depression (economics) , family medicine , environmental health , pediatrics , psychiatry , anxiety , philosophy , linguistics , economics , macroeconomics

Aim: The study aimed at investigating the prevalence of depressive symptoms and factors related to depression in Kars, Artvin, Igdir ve Ardahan university students. Material and Method: An cross-sectional study was conducted 2118 undergraduate students. The datas were obtained by a self-reported student questionnaire and the Beck Depression Envantory is used to determine the depression level. Results: 646 students (30.5%) scored on and above the cut-off point on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). There were statistical significant differentiations of the depression prevalence regarding division, localization and duration of the university . Although there weren%u2019t significant differentiation regarding type of teaching, gender and season birth. Discussion: Depressive symptoms are common among students. There is a significant relationship between depression and place, duration and kind of school

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