Level of Depression among Institutionalized Orphan Children: Sos Children’s Village
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2007-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
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.
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Orphan Children, Sos Children’s Village