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Self-esteem and other risk factors for depressive symptoms among adolescents in United Arab Emirates

BACKGROUND: Little is known about depressive symptoms among adolescents in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This study aimed to identify the prevalence of depression and its association with self-esteem, individual, parental and family factors among adolescents aged 12 to 18 in UAE. METHODS: Six hund...

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Autores principales: Shah, Syed M., Al Dhaheri, Fatima, Albanna, Ammar, Al Jaberi, Najla, Al Eissaee, Shaikha, Alshehhi, Nouf Ahmed, Al Shamisi, Shamma A., Al Hamez, Maryam M., Abdelrazeq, Said Y., Grivna, Michal, Betancourt, Theresa S.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6959560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31935233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227483
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author Shah, Syed M.
Al Dhaheri, Fatima
Albanna, Ammar
Al Jaberi, Najla
Al Eissaee, Shaikha
Alshehhi, Nouf Ahmed
Al Shamisi, Shamma A.
Al Hamez, Maryam M.
Abdelrazeq, Said Y.
Grivna, Michal
Betancourt, Theresa S.
author_facet Shah, Syed M.
Al Dhaheri, Fatima
Albanna, Ammar
Al Jaberi, Najla
Al Eissaee, Shaikha
Alshehhi, Nouf Ahmed
Al Shamisi, Shamma A.
Al Hamez, Maryam M.
Abdelrazeq, Said Y.
Grivna, Michal
Betancourt, Theresa S.
author_sort Shah, Syed M.
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description BACKGROUND: Little is known about depressive symptoms among adolescents in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This study aimed to identify the prevalence of depression and its association with self-esteem, individual, parental and family factors among adolescents aged 12 to 18 in UAE. METHODS: Six hundred adolescents, aged 12 to 18 years were recruited from 4 of 111 schools in a cross-sectional study. We administered Beck Depression Inventory Scale and Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale to measure self-report symptoms of depression and self-esteem. We used multiple linear regression to identify significant predictors of depression. RESULTS: Over 86% of the identified sample participated to the survey. The mean age of the sample was 14.3 (±1.3) with an excess of girls (61%). Depressive symptoms were detected in 17.2% (95% CI 14.2–20.7). There was an inverse relationship between self-esteem scores and depressive symptoms. Positive predictors of depressive symptoms, having controlled for age, gender, and ethnicity included experiencing neglect, being verbally abused in school, having no monthly allowance to spend in school, a history of physical morbidities requiring treatment, being a current or past smoker and a low family income. CONCLUSION: The high prevalence of depressive symptoms measured in this survey suggests a significant public health problem among adolescents in the UAE. Public health interventions aimed at facilitating education and early detection and potential treatment of depressive symptoms are a priority in the region.
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spelling pubmed-69595602020-01-26 Self-esteem and other risk factors for depressive symptoms among adolescents in United Arab Emirates Shah, Syed M. Al Dhaheri, Fatima Albanna, Ammar Al Jaberi, Najla Al Eissaee, Shaikha Alshehhi, Nouf Ahmed Al Shamisi, Shamma A. Al Hamez, Maryam M. Abdelrazeq, Said Y. Grivna, Michal Betancourt, Theresa S. PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Little is known about depressive symptoms among adolescents in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This study aimed to identify the prevalence of depression and its association with self-esteem, individual, parental and family factors among adolescents aged 12 to 18 in UAE. METHODS: Six hundred adolescents, aged 12 to 18 years were recruited from 4 of 111 schools in a cross-sectional study. We administered Beck Depression Inventory Scale and Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale to measure self-report symptoms of depression and self-esteem. We used multiple linear regression to identify significant predictors of depression. RESULTS: Over 86% of the identified sample participated to the survey. The mean age of the sample was 14.3 (±1.3) with an excess of girls (61%). Depressive symptoms were detected in 17.2% (95% CI 14.2–20.7). There was an inverse relationship between self-esteem scores and depressive symptoms. Positive predictors of depressive symptoms, having controlled for age, gender, and ethnicity included experiencing neglect, being verbally abused in school, having no monthly allowance to spend in school, a history of physical morbidities requiring treatment, being a current or past smoker and a low family income. CONCLUSION: The high prevalence of depressive symptoms measured in this survey suggests a significant public health problem among adolescents in the UAE. Public health interventions aimed at facilitating education and early detection and potential treatment of depressive symptoms are a priority in the region. Public Library of Science 2020-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6959560/ /pubmed/31935233 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227483 Text en © 2020 Shah et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Shah, Syed M.
Al Dhaheri, Fatima
Albanna, Ammar
Al Jaberi, Najla
Al Eissaee, Shaikha
Alshehhi, Nouf Ahmed
Al Shamisi, Shamma A.
Al Hamez, Maryam M.
Abdelrazeq, Said Y.
Grivna, Michal
Betancourt, Theresa S.
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title Self-esteem and other risk factors for depressive symptoms among adolescents in United Arab Emirates
title_full Self-esteem and other risk factors for depressive symptoms among adolescents in United Arab Emirates
title_fullStr Self-esteem and other risk factors for depressive symptoms among adolescents in United Arab Emirates
title_full_unstemmed Self-esteem and other risk factors for depressive symptoms among adolescents in United Arab Emirates
title_short Self-esteem and other risk factors for depressive symptoms among adolescents in United Arab Emirates
title_sort self-esteem and other risk factors for depressive symptoms among adolescents in united arab emirates
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6959560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31935233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227483
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