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Depressive symptoms among teenagers in the emergency department: prevalence estimate and concordance with parental perceptions

Authors: Marc Sznajder, Mario Speranza, Caroline Guyot, Solene Martin, Sylvie Nathanson, Stéphanie Kerbourc’h, Sandra Biscardi, Sarah-Louise Cottinet, Delphine Delalande, Bertrand Chevallier, Anne Revah-Levy, Idir Ghout, Chantal Stheneur

Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 12/2013

Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to estimate the prevalence of depressive symptoms among adolescents seen in hospital emergency departments and to investigate the concordance between self-reported adolescent depression and parental perceptions of their adolescents’ health status.

Method

A multicentre cross-sectional survey in three emergency departments receiving adolescents in Ile-de-France took place in 2010. All adolescents completed a questionnaire including the Adolescent Depression Rating Scale (ADRS) and a series of questions concerning somatisation and risk behaviours. Parents simultaneously completed a questionnaire collecting their perceptions of their adolescent’s health status.

Results

The study included 346 adolescents, and of them, 320 were fully analysed. ADRS scores were in the normal range for 70.6 % of the sample (score of <3) (n = 226); 19.4 % (n = 62) showed moderate depressive symptoms (3 ≤ score < 6), and 10.0 %, severe depressive symptoms (score of ≥6) (n = 32). We observed a wide discrepancy between adolescent depression, determined by a score on a self-administered scale, and parental perceptions of it.

Conclusion

Routine use of a self-administered questionnaire in emergency units could enable identification of adolescents with moderate or severe depressive symptoms. The present study confirms the importance of increasing parental awareness of their adolescent children’s depressive symptoms.

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Title: Depressive symptoms among teenagers in the emergency department: prevalence estimate and concordance with parental perceptions
Authors: Marc Sznajder
Mario Speranza
Caroline Guyot
Solene Martin
Sylvie Nathanson
Stéphanie Kerbourc’h
Sandra Biscardi
Sarah-Louise Cottinet
Delphine Delalande
Bertrand Chevallier
Anne Revah-Levy
Idir Ghout
Chantal Stheneur
Publication date: 01-12-2013
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 12/2013
Print ISSN: 0340-6199
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1076
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-013-2060-1

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Depressive symptoms among teenagers in the emergency department: prevalence estimate and concordance with parental perceptions

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