Screening of Psychoemotional and Social Disorders in Adolescents
Abstract
Objective: To apply Pediatric Symptoms Checklist on elementary and secondary students in public schools in Cascavel City-State of Paraná, in order to screen for psychoemotional and social disorders.
Methods: Application of questionnaire on students aged 14 to 20 years old, who were between the 9 th grade of elementary school and the 1st to 4 th grade of secondary school, and were regularly enrolled in four public schools in Cascavel City-State of Paraná, from June 2018 to May 2019. The following variables were analyzed: gender, age, grade level, and the relationship of the three with the score on Pediatric Symptoms Checklist scale (cut off ≥ 28).
Results: Three hundred (300) questionnaires were distributed, of which only 210 were filled out. Of these 210, three were invalidated due to no or incomplete data, non-signing of the Parental Written Informed Consent form or Adolescent Written Informed Assent Form, or because they were not part of the research group age. Hence, 207 questionnaires were eventually analyzed, of which 81 (39.1%) respondents were male and 126 (60.9%) were female. Of these analyzed questionnaires, 42 (20.2%) presented adolescent positive score on the Pediatric Symptoms Checklist, 15 of which were male (18.5% of all males) and 27 of which were female (21.4% of all females). There was a correlation between being enrolled in the 9th grade of elementary school or the 1st grade of secondary school and presenting a positive score on the Pediatric Symptoms Checklist, this correlation did not occur between gender and age.
Conclusion: Being in the 9th grade of elementary school or 1st grade of secondary school was a risk factor for psychoemotional disorders. The use of a screening scale should serve as the source of screening for mental disorders in adolescence.
KEYWORDS:Â Adolescent, questionnaire, epidemiology, mental disorders
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