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Anxiety and its associated factors among school-going adolescents in Malaysia

Many mental health disorders have onset during adolescence. To date, the data on the correlates of anxiety is still lacking. Therefore, this study is crucial to determine the factors associated with anxiety among school-going adolescents in Malaysia. Methods This study was based on 26,892 sch...

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Main Authors:	Muhd Hafizuddin Taufik Ramli,, Muhammad Solihin Rezali,, Nik Adilah Shahein,, Norhafizah Sahril,, Chan, Ying Ying, Nor’ Ain Ab Wahab,
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Published:	Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
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spelling	my-ukm.journal.205742022-11-22T06:52:03Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20574/ Anxiety and its associated factors among school-going adolescents in Malaysia Muhd Hafizuddin Taufik Ramli, Muhammad Solihin Rezali, Nik Adilah Shahein, Norhafizah Sahril, Chan, Ying Ying Nor’ Ain Ab Wahab, Many mental health disorders have onset during adolescence. To date, the data on the correlates of anxiety is still lacking. Therefore, this study is crucial to determine the factors associated with anxiety among school-going adolescents in Malaysia. Methods This study was based on 26,892 school-going adolescents from 212 selected schools in Malaysia. Anxiety was measured using Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). Associations between anxiety, sociodemographic characteristics and variables of interest were examined using multivariable logistic regression. Results Overall, 10,540 (39.7%) school-going adolescents had anxiety. Anxiety was positively associated with female (odds ratio, OR [95% confidence interval, CI] = 1.30 [1.19,1.42]) compared to male counterpart, feeling loneliness (1.78 [1.54,2.05]) compared to not lonely, unable to sleep due to worry of something (1.79 [1.56,2.05]) compared to able to sleep, being bullied (1.66 [1.48,1.87]) compared to not being bullied, physical abuse (1.33 [1.18,1.49]) compared to no physical abuse, verbal abuse (1.47 [1.35,1.59]) compared to no verbal abuse, current drinker (1.23 [1.06,1.43]) compared to not current drinker, current drug use (1.84 [1.43,2.35]) compared to not current drug use, ever had sex (1.17 [1.01,1.36]) compared to never had sex, physically inactive (1.16 [1.06,1.26]) compared to physically active and internet addiction (2.59 [2.37,2.83]) compared to no internet addiction. Chinese ethnic (0.68 [0.50,0.93]) compared to other ethnic, and Form 2 (0.78 [0.69,0.89]) and Form 3 (0.73 [0.65,0.82]) students compared to Form 1 students, were protective of anxiety. Conclusions Prevention and intervention programs for these “at-risk” adolescents should be planned holistically towards reducing the risk factors. Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20574/1/sazman%2C%2Bvol%2B12%2Bno%2B2%2B2022_200.pdf Muhd Hafizuddin Taufik Ramli, and Muhammad Solihin Rezali, and Nik Adilah Shahein, and Norhafizah Sahril, and Chan, Ying Ying and Nor’ Ain Ab Wahab, (2022) Anxiety and its associated factors among school-going adolescents in Malaysia. International Journal of Public Health Research, 12 (2). pp. 1608-1616. ISSN 2232-0245 https://spaj.ukm.my/ijphr/index.php/ijphr/issue/view/31
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description	Many mental health disorders have onset during adolescence. To date, the data on the correlates of anxiety is still lacking. Therefore, this study is crucial to determine the factors associated with anxiety among school-going adolescents in Malaysia. Methods This study was based on 26,892 school-going adolescents from 212 selected schools in Malaysia. Anxiety was measured using Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). Associations between anxiety, sociodemographic characteristics and variables of interest were examined using multivariable logistic regression. Results Overall, 10,540 (39.7%) school-going adolescents had anxiety. Anxiety was positively associated with female (odds ratio, OR [95% confidence interval, CI] = 1.30 [1.19,1.42]) compared to male counterpart, feeling loneliness (1.78 [1.54,2.05]) compared to not lonely, unable to sleep due to worry of something (1.79 [1.56,2.05]) compared to able to sleep, being bullied (1.66 [1.48,1.87]) compared to not being bullied, physical abuse (1.33 [1.18,1.49]) compared to no physical abuse, verbal abuse (1.47 [1.35,1.59]) compared to no verbal abuse, current drinker (1.23 [1.06,1.43]) compared to not current drinker, current drug use (1.84 [1.43,2.35]) compared to not current drug use, ever had sex (1.17 [1.01,1.36]) compared to never had sex, physically inactive (1.16 [1.06,1.26]) compared to physically active and internet addiction (2.59 [2.37,2.83]) compared to no internet addiction. Chinese ethnic (0.68 [0.50,0.93]) compared to other ethnic, and Form 2 (0.78 [0.69,0.89]) and Form 3 (0.73 [0.65,0.82]) students compared to Form 1 students, were protective of anxiety. Conclusions Prevention and intervention programs for these “at-risk” adolescents should be planned holistically towards reducing the risk factors.
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author	Muhd Hafizuddin Taufik Ramli, Muhammad Solihin Rezali, Nik Adilah Shahein, Norhafizah Sahril, Chan, Ying Ying Nor’ Ain Ab Wahab,
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author_facet	Muhd Hafizuddin Taufik Ramli, Muhammad Solihin Rezali, Nik Adilah Shahein, Norhafizah Sahril, Chan, Ying Ying Nor’ Ain Ab Wahab,
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title	Anxiety and its associated factors among school-going adolescents in Malaysia
title_short	Anxiety and its associated factors among school-going adolescents in Malaysia
title_full	Anxiety and its associated factors among school-going adolescents in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Anxiety and its associated factors among school-going adolescents in Malaysia
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publisher	Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2022
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Anxiety and its associated factors among school-going adolescents in Malaysia

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