Predicting the incidence of depression in adolescence using a sociodemographic risk score: prospective follow-up of the IDEA-RiSCo study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescence constitutes a critical window for preventing depression, but efforts have mostly targeted single risk factors. The Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence Risk Score (IDEA-RS) integrates easily obtainable sociodemographic variables and has been able to predict future depression across diverse populations. However, its performance within a prospective cohort remains untested.

Objective

To evaluate the performance of the IDEA-RS in a prospective sample of adolescents participating in the IDEA Risk Stratified Cohort.

Methods

Using the IDEA-RS, we screened 7720 adolescents aged 14-16 years in 101 public schools in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and recruited 50 low-risk (LR) and 50 high-risk (HR) participants without depression. The incidence of depressi

SUBMITTER: Piccin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11997815 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature