Depression in adolescents whose parents died from AIDS

บทคัดย่อ

Objective To determine prevalence of depression in adolescent whose parents died from AIDS

Materials and methods The convenience sample of this study included 74 adolescents aged 11-18 years old who were at least one biological parent died from AIDS. Depression was measured using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies - Depression scale (CES-D) Thai version. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze data.

Results The prevalence of depression in Thai adolescents whose parent died from AIDS was 17.6%. The cut-off score of CES-D > 22 is recommended as a criterion to indicate significant depression. In addition, there was no significant difference between male and female among the sample.

Conclusion Prevalence of depression in adolescents whose parent died from AIDS was similar to those in general adolescents.