Prevalence and Risk Factors of Anxiety among Female Governmental Secondary Schools Students in Al-madinah, Saudi Arabia
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- 1Department of Family & Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia.
- 2Ministry of health, Postgraduate studies of family medicine in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Saudi Arabia.
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Awad Mohammed Al-Qahtani
Department of Family & Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia.
Received: 30-08-2016; Accepted: 23-11-2016.
Volume 51, Issue 1 · pp. 136-143 · 2017 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.51.1.18
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Aim: The study aimed to measure the prevalence and risk factors of Anxiety among Female Governmental Secondary schools students, in Al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia.Methods: Cross sectional study was conducted in Al-Madinah city in 2014. Only Female secondary school students were included for study. Multistage sampling technique was used for student’s inclusion. The researcher used a self-administered questionnaire containing socio-demographic data and anxiety questionnaire developed by AL-Taif Mental Health sector. 10 students were given this questionnaire as a pilot study. All data has been entered and analyzed using SPSS version 21.Results: The present study indicates the prevalence and risk factors of anxiety among female governmental secondary school students of Al-Madinah city. Overall 64.6% of students showed symptoms of anxiety. High morbid anxiety was reported among 25.5% of secondary school girls whereas high not morbid anxiety was reported among 39.1% of them. Association between students believing that school`s examinations increase anxiety symptoms and anxiety was observed. Students who did not believe that anxiety symptoms increase by school`s examinations reported higher rate of high morbid anxiety compared to those who believe that anxiety symptoms increase by school`s examinations (56% versus 23.4%). The present study did not reveal significant association between anxiety and socio-demographic characteristics of the school girls.Conclusion: The present study indicates anxiety is prevalent among secondary school girls as almost one-fourth of them reported high morbid anxiety and more than one third reported high but not morbid anxiety. Socio-demographic characteristics of the school girls were not significantly associated with anxiety.
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Al-Qahtani, A. M., & Al-Harbi, M. B. (2017). Prevalence and Risk Factors of Anxiety among Female Governmental Secondary Schools Students in Al-madinah, Saudi Arabia. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, 51(1), 136-143. https://doi.org/10.5530/ijper.51.1.18
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