Health-Related Quality of Life and Depressive Symptomatology in High School Students during the Lockdown Period Due to SARS-CoV-2

Guillermo Gómez-Delgado, Ernesto Almaraz-Vega, Jaime Eduardo Ramírez-Mireles, María Elena Gutiérrez-Paredes and María del Rocío Padilla-Galindo
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Guillermo Gómez-Delgado: Natural and Health Sciences, Tepatitlan Regional Preparatory School, High School Education System, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara 47600, Mexico
Ernesto Almaraz-Vega: Natural and Health Sciences, Tepatitlan Regional Preparatory School, High School Education System, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara 47600, Mexico
Jaime Eduardo Ramírez-Mireles: Natural and Health Sciences, Tepatitlan Regional Preparatory School, High School Education System, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara 47600, Mexico
María Elena Gutiérrez-Paredes: Natural and Health Sciences, Tepatitlan Regional Preparatory School, High School Education System, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara 47600, Mexico
María del Rocío Padilla-Galindo: University Center of the South, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara 49000, Mexico

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 14, 1-9

Abstract: The objectives of this study were to evaluate and compare the prevalence of health-related quality of life and depressive symptomatology in high school students during the lockdown period due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with students attending the High School Education System of the University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. Through a Google Forms survey, students answered their perceptions of health-related quality of life and depressive symptomatology. The outcome variable was the presence of depressive symptoms, assessed using the Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI). Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.8 in both surveys. A total of 1446 students participated (women, 64.9%; mean age of 16.1 ± 0.9 years). Among the students, 22% manifested clinical depressive symptoms (24.4 ± 5.0), and males showed lower scores on health-related quality of life and depressive symptoms (44.9 ± 11.9, p = 0.005) (12 ± 7.7, p = <0.001) compared to their female peers (45.2 ± 10.6, p = 0.005) (13.7 ± 7.5, p = <0.001), respectively. During the lockdown due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, a high prevalence of depressive symptomatology was identified in our students with in addition to a low perception of health-related quality of life in dimensions, mood and emotions, and peers and social support.

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; lockdown period; depressive symptomatology; health-related quality of life; high school students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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