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Level of Depression among Institutionalized Orphan Children: Sos Children’s Village
(Addis Ababa University, 2007-06) Doda, Yodit; . A, Moges (PhD)
The aim of this study was to examine the level of depression among institutionalized orphan children. Participants of this study were 80 children aged between 13-17 and both sexes. Interview was held with 3 children and 2 caregivers selected purposively. Totally, the study has 82 participants. All children were subjected to psychiatric assessment for depression by Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI). Data about the institutional facilities were collected through interview. Quantitative data were analyzed using both descriptive (percentage, mean and SD) and inferential statistical methods such as independent-samples t- test and correlation. The prevalence rate of depression was 23.6% with a CDI cut-off score of 17. This study concluded that depression is highly prevalent among institutionalized children; there is no statistical difference in means among selected pairs of categories of children, and no statistically significant relationship between admission age and level of depression.