Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety and Stress among University Students A Cross Sectional Study

Introduction Mental health disorders are one of the leading causes of disability followed by depression disorder. The main objective of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of Depression, anxiety and stress among university students.Methods This study was conducted among 200 students from various departments of RIMT University between the age group of 18 to 25 67 male and 133 female . Depression Anxiety Stress Scale Short Form DASS 21 was used to measure the level of depression, anxiety and stress.Results It was observed that there is more anxiety among female students 79.70 as compared to male students 68.66 . The findings suggested that there is more depression among female students 75.19 as compared to male students 62.69 . It was observed that there is more stress among female students 51.88 as compared to male students 28.36 . Overall female students are more affected than male students according to scores of DASS 21 sub scale.Conclusion The present study concludes that there is more prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress among both among male and female students. Hence, Teachers and parents need to be more aware of the multiple issues leading to stress among students to learn ways to handle and guide students. Jaspreet Singh | Ritika Verma | Gurbinder Kaur | Jasvir Kaur | Sandeep Singh "Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety and Stress among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-8 | Issue-3 , June 2024, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd65011.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/65011/prevalence-of-depression-anxiety-and-stress-among-university-students-a-crosssectional-study/jaspreet-singh