Prevalence and correlates of probable adolescent mental health problems reported by parents in Vietnam |
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Authors: | Ananda B Amstadter Lisa Richardson Alicia Meyer Genelle Sawyer Dean G Kilpatrick Trinh Luong Tran Lam Tu Trung Nguyen Thanh Tam Tran Tuan La Thi Buoi Tran Thu Ha Tran Duc Thach Mario Gaboury Ron Acierno |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA 8. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, 250852, 67 President St, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA 2. Health Department of Da Nang City, Da Nang, Vietnam 3. Da Nang Mental Health Hospital, Da Nang, Vietnam 4. Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, Washington, USA 5. Research and Training Center for Community Development, Vong St Hanoi, Vietnam 6. Oskar Schindler Humanities Foundation, New Haven, USA 7. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, USA
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Abstract: | Purpose The purpose of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of probable mental health problems in an epidemiologic study of Vietnamese adolescents. A secondary aim was to examine the correlates of probable mental health caseness. Methods Interviewers visited 1,914 households that were randomly selected to participate in a multi-agency study of mental health in select provinces of Vietnam. Semi-structured interviews assessed adolescent mental health problems using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) parent informant version, and additionally the interviewers collected information on demographic variables (age, gender, ethnic group, religious affiliation, social capital). The final sample included data on 1,368 adolescents (aged 11?C18?years). Results The average score on the total problem composite of the SDQ scale was 6.66 (SD?=?4.89), and 9.1% of the sample was considered a case (n?=?124). Bivariate analyses were conducted to determine which demographic variables were related to the SDQ case/non-case score. All variables except gender were significant in bivariate analyses, and therefore were entered into a logistic regression. Results indicated that age, religion, and wealth remained significant predictors of probable caseness. Conclusions Overall, prevalence estimates of mental health problems generated by the SDQ were consistent with those reported in the US and other Western and non-Western samples. Results of the current study suggest some concordance of risk and protective factors between Western and Vietnamese youth (i.e., age and SES). |
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