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Table 2 Prevalence of common mental disorders among school-going versus out-of-school adolescents

From: Mental health and psychological well-being of Kenyan adolescents from Nairobi and the Coast regions in the context of COVID-19

 

Overall, n= 797

School going adolescents, n = 519

Out-of-school adolescents, n = 278

P- value

Frequency

Prevalence (95% CI)

Frequency

Prevalence (95% CI)

Frequency

Prevalence (95% CI)

The severity of depressive symptoms

 None (0–4)

370

46.4 (43.0–49.9)

274

52.8 (48.5–57.1)

96

34.5 (29.2–40.3)

 < 0.001

 Mild (5–9)

220

27.6 (24.6–30.8)

138

26.6 (23.0–30.6)

82

29.5 (24.4–35.1)

 

 Moderate (10–14)

132

16.6 (14.1–19.3)

69

13.3 (10.6–16.5)

63

22.7 (18.1–28.0)

 

 Moderately severe (15–19)

56

7.0 (5.4–9.0)

28

5.4 (3.7–7.7)

28

10.1 (7.0–14.2)

 

 Severe (20–27)

19

2.4 (1.5–3.7)

10

1.9 (1.0–3.5)

9

3.2 (1.7–6.1)

 

Positive depression screen (cut-off score ≥ 10)

 Yes

207

26.0 (23.0–29.1)

107

20.6 (17.3–24.3)

100

36.0 (30.5–41.8)

 < 0.001

The severity of anxiety symptoms

 None (0–4)

472

59.2 (55.8–62.6)

322

62.0 (57.8–66.1)

150

54.0 (48.0–59.8)

 < 0.001

 Mild (5–9)

173

21.7 (19.0–24.7)

122

23.5 (20.0–27.4)

51

18.3 (14.2–23.4)

 

 Moderate (10–14)

117

14.7 (12.4–17.3)

57

11.0 (8.6–14.0)

60

21.6 (17.1–26.8)

 

 Severe (15–21)

35

4.4 (3.2–6.1)

18

3.5 (2.2–5.4)

17

6.1 (3.8–9.6)

 

Positive anxiety screen (cut-off score ≥ 10)

 Yes

152

19.1 (16.5–22.0)

75

14.5 (11.7–17.8)

77

27.7 (22.7–33.3)

 < 0.001

Positive screen for comorbid depressive, and anxiety symptoms

 Yes

100

12.5 (10.4–15.0)

49

9.1 (8.8–9.3)

51

18.3 (14.2–23.3)

 < 0.001

  1. P-values for the binary/categorical variables are from Pearson's chi-squared test. Bold, statistically significant results (p-values)