Prevaléncia de depresión en niños escolarizados entre 8 y 12 años del oriente antioqueño a partir del "child depression inventory" -CDI-

The objective on this investigation was to study the prevalence of depression on children from east of Antioquia. Sample: 768 subjects between 8 and 12 years; 379 of them were boys, and 389 were girls; all of them were residents of La Ceja (Antioquia). Implement: Children Depression Inventory (CDI) Spanish Version of Kovacs' original scale (1992) of Davanzo and cols (2004). Results: the MD of depression's total scale was of 10.52 and SD was of (5, 61). The prevalence of depressive symptoms was of 25.2% of the sample. This was concluded by establishing superior scores of 17 points as the cut point. Conclusions: There are high depressive symptoms on children from east of Antioquia. There is a need of attention and research to this population. Key words: CDI, child depression, Antioquia, Colombia.

• Autores: Vinaccia, Stefano; Gaviria, Ana Milena; Atehortúa, Luís Federico; Martínez, Piedad Helena; Trujillo, Catalina; Quiceno, Japcy Margarita
• Fecha de publicación: 2006
• Institución: Universidad Santo Tomás
• Repositorio: Repositorio Institucional USTA
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.usta.edu.co:11634/40160
• Acceso en línea: https://revistas.usantotomas.edu.co/index.php/diversitas/article/view/130; http://hdl.handle.net/11634/40160
• License: http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2