Abstract
Objective: To study the prevalence of depression in students of preparing for pre-medical and pre-engineering competitive examinations at coaching institutes located in Jaipur city of Rajasthan.
Settings and Design: A cross-sectional study in six coaching institutes of Jaipur city of Rajasthan.
Participants: A total of 1200 students (males 53.75% and females were 46.25%) aged 15 to 23 years selected by simple stratified sampling.
Methods & Analysis: Cross-sectional study by using simple screening instrument Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) among students. Statistical analysis was carried out by using Microsoft Excel for analyse the data.
Results: Based on the cut-off scores, 819students (68.25%) were found to be non-depressed, 167 (13.92%) were mild mood disturbance, 89 (7.42%) were borderline clinical depression, 87 (7.25%) were moderately depressed, 31 (2.58%) severely depressed and 7 (0.58%) were extreme depressed.
Conclusions: The prevalence of depression in coaching students was found to be quite high(31.75%) and is a matter that should evoke public health concern.
Keywords: Depression, Students, Pre-medical, Pre-engineering.
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Corresponding Author
Dr Rameshwar
Flat No 707, Imperial Heights, Gandhi path west, Vaishali estate, Jaipur, India
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i6.53
