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Prevalence Rates of Depression and Anxiety among Young Rural and Urban Australians: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.20(1), pp.1-16
2023
PMID: 36613122
Abstract
Globally, depression and anxiety are major public health concerns with onset during adolescence. While rural Australia experiences overall lower health outcomes, variation in mental health prevalence rates between rural and urban Australia is unclear. The aim of this paper was to estimate the pooled prevalence rates for depression and anxiety among young Australians aged between 10 and 24 years. Selected studies from a systematic literature search were assessed for risk of bias. Random effects model using DerSimonian and Laird method with Freeman-Tukey Double Arcsine Transformation was fitted. Sensitivity analyses were performed. Prevalence estimates were stratified by region and disorder. The overall pooled prevalence of depression and anxiety was 25.3% (95% CI, 19.9-31.0%). In subgroup analysis, anxiety prevalence was 29.9% (95% CI, 21.6-39.0%); depression: 21.3% (95% CI, 14.9-28.5%); and depression or anxiety: 27.2% (95% CI, 20.3-34.6%). Depression and anxiety prevalence were higher in urban 26.1% (95% CI, 17.3-35.9%) compared to rural areas 24.9% (95% CI, 17.5-33%), although the difference was not statistically significant. The heterogeneity was high with an I-2 score of 95.8%. There is need for further research on healthcare access, mental health literacy and help-seeking attitude in Australia.
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- Title
- Prevalence Rates of Depression and Anxiety among Young Rural and Urban Australians: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Authors
- Sushmitha Kasturi (Corresponding Author) - University of CanberraVictor M Oguoma - University of CanberraJanie Busby Grant - University of CanberraTheo Niyonsenga - University of CanberraItismita Mohanty - University of Canberra
- Publication details
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.20(1), pp.1-16
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Date published
- 2023
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijerph20010800
- ISSN
- 1660-4601; 1661-7827
- PMID
- 36613122
- Copyright note
- © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Data Availability
- The data presented in this study are available in the references below: 10,17,22,24,27,31,36,46,48,54 and in the Supplementary material.
- Organisation Unit
- Thompson Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991112951002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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