Mental health dynamics of adolescents: A one-year longitudinal study in Harari, eastern Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

This study aims to assess the dynamics of in-school adolescents' mental health problems in Harari regional state, eastern Ethiopia for a year.

Materials and methods

Using multistage sampling technique, we conducted a year-long longitudinal study at three public high schools between March 2020 and 2021. Three hundred fifty-eight in-school adolescents were chosen by systematic random sampling for the baseline assessment, and 328 completed the follow-up assessment. We used self-administered, adolescent version of SDQ-25 Questionnaire to collect the data. Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank test and McNemara's Chi-squared tests were used to examine the median difference and distribution of mental health problems between times one and two. Random-effects logistic regressions

SUBMITTER: Hunduma G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11025968 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature