Level Of Depression Among Institutionalized Orphan Children Sos Childrens Village

The aim of this study was to examine the level of depression among institutionalizedrnorphan children. Participants of this study were 80 children aged between 13-17 andrnboth sexes. Interview was held with 3 children and 2 caregivers selected purposively.rnTotally, the study has 82 participants. All children were subjected to psychiatricrnassessment for depression by Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI). Data about therninstitutional facilities were collected through interview. Quantitative data werernanalyzed using both descriptive (percentage, mean and SD) and inferential statisticalrnmethods such as independent-samples t- test and correlation. The prevalence rate ofrndepression was 23.6% with a CDI cut-off score of 17. This study concluded thatrndepression is highly prevalent among institutionalized children; there is no statisticalrndifference in means among selected pairs of categories of children, and no statisticallyrnsignificant relationship between admission age and level of depression.

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