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Consequences and Correlates of Adolescent Depression

2002; American Medical Association; Volume: 156; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/archpedi.156.10.1009

1538-3628

Sherry Glied, Daniel S. Pine,

Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

Objective: To examine the correlates and consequences of high levels of depressive symptoms among adolescents.Design: Secondary analysis of the 1997 Commonwealth Fund Survey of the Health of Adolescent Girls, a survey of a nationally representative sample of 4648 adolescent boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 18 years, inclusive, conducted in school settings.The self-administered questionnaire contains a screening instrument for depression based on the Children's Depression Inventory.Outcome: Days of school missed, performance at grade level, alcohol use, drug use, smoking, and bingeing.Results: After controlling for sociodemographics, life events, sexual abuse, physical abuse, and exposure to violence, relative to other children, children and adolescents with high degrees of depressive symptoms missed about 1 day more of school in the month preceding the survey (PϽ.05) and had higher odds of smoking (odds ratio, 1.84; PϽ.001), bingeing (odds ratio, 2.02; PϽ.001), and suicidal ideation (odds ratio, 16.59; PϽ.001). Conclusion:High levels of depressive symptoms are correlated with serious and significant consequences, even after controlling for life circumstances.