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Table 4 Prevalence of depressive symptoms and symptoms of mental health problems among adolescents in the Be Teen and other surveys

From: Symptoms of mental health problems among Italian adolescents in 2017–2018 school year: a multicenter cross-sectional study

 

Be Teen

Kupol

SEYLE-Europe

PrISMA

Year of the survey

2018

2013–2015

2009–2010

2007

Area involved

Italy

Sweden

Italy

Italy

Number of participants

3001

3349

1192

3418

Age of participants

15–16

15–16

13–17

10–14

Questionnaire score indicative of mental symptoms/problems

    

Total

SDQ: 17.8%

CES-DC: 20.8%

SDQ: 18.5%

CES-DC: 15.2%

SDQ: 11.8%a

CBCL: 9.8%

DAWBA: 8.2%

Male

SDQ: 12.1%

CES-DC:10.4%

SDQ: 12.9%

CES-DC: 4.8%

  

Female

SDQ: 22.3%

CES-DC: 28.7%

SDQ: 23.6

CES-DC: 24.6%

  
  1. aEmotional problems. PrISMA Progetto Italiano Salute Mentale Adolescenti [Italian Project on Adolescents’ Mental Health]