Abstract

Introduction: Depression in terms of its prevalence and the suffering, dysfunction, morbidity, and economic burden is a disorder of major public health importance. College students are a special group of people because in this period only, they are moving from adolescence to adulthood and can be one of the most stressful times in a person's life. Trying to maintain good grades, plan for the future, and be away from home often causes anxiety for a lot of students. Because of all these things some students get depressed.

Methodology: A Quantitative research approach with Descriptive research design was used for the study to assess the knowledge of nursing students on depression. The population comprised of nursing students. The study was conducted at Ganga Sheel School of nursing, Bareilly. Convenient Sampling technique was used to select the 30 subjects from the population. Self developed structured Knowledge questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge of nursing students on depression.

Results: The results of the study shows that 46.66 % of nursing students were having average knowledge regarding depression.

Conclusion: The study results indicate that the nursing students were having average knowledge regarding depression. There is need to improve knowledge of nursing students regarding depression.

Keywords: depression, knowledge, nursing students.