International Journal of Healthcare Sciences ISSN 2348-5728 (Online) Vol. 10, Issue 1, pp: (292-301), Month: April 2022 - September 2022, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
A Case Study of Stress and Depression during COVID-19 among high school students in Chiang Mai province 1 1
PARIT KOSONSASITORN
MONTFORT COLLEGE SECONDARY LEVEL DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7066436
Published Date: 10-September-2022
Abstract: Stress is a condition that can be found in the general public and in normal adolescents, who often facing stress from school since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in 2019, changing lifestyles and pattern of studying to be online, which may affect the mental state of the learners such as stress and depression. The objective of this study is to study the effects of incidence and factors affecting stress and depression among high school students during the COVID-19 outbreak. This research is a descriptive research of MU from students in grades 10-12 at the private school during the month October-December 2021, a total of 522 people volunteered to participate in the study via Google Form by using the Stress Test (ST-5) and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies. -Depression Scale: CES-D) in Thai version and the test results were analyzed for factors related to stress and depression among respondents. The results showed that the majority of respondents had the highest stress level at 196 (37.55%), 144 had a moderate stress (27.59%), and 100 had a high stress (19.16%). It was found that the majority of respondents had no depression at 326 (64.25%), 196 (37.55%) were depressed. Gender, class, family financial impact from COVID-19, understanding of lessons family relationship and relationship with friends are the factors associated with depression of the respondents. The statistical significance (p<0.05) was the understanding of the lesson and the family relationship. Therefore, greater monitoring of stress and depression levels among high school children should be encouraged to recognize potential mental health problems among students through lifestyle changes and from online learning. Keywords: Stress, Depression, COVID-19, Online study, High School Students.
1. INTRODUCTION Background: Stress is a condition that can be found in the general public and in normal adolescents who often facing stress from school. COVID-19 pandemic has changed students’ lifestyles significantly on the shift to study online for a considerable period of time. This may affect the mental state of the learners such as stress and depression. Objective: To assess stress and depression and to study factors affecting stress and depression during COVID-19 pandemic among high school students. Study Method: This is a descriptive research which collected data from grade 10-12 students using ST-5 and CES-D test. Pearson’s Chi-square was used to find factors affecting stress and depression of the participants. Result: A total of 522 students participated in this study. Majority of the participants reported that they had the highest level of stress (n=196, 37.55%), followed by moderate level of stress (n=144, 27.59%) and high level of stress (n=100, 19.16%). The study showed that most participants reported having depression (n=326, 64.25%) while the rest have no depression condition. Factors associated with participants’ stress level were gender, class level, family’s financial effect from COVID-19, understanding from studying online, family relationship, risk perception of getting COVID-19 and
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