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INTRODUCTION: Depression and anxiety are common mental disorders in the general population and among workers. Caregiver-child interaction is crucial for childrens development outcome for the first 3 years of life. Caregiver who has negative mood, has negative impact on childs behaviour outcome. Objective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of mental disorders and its associated risks factors in particular job strain and socio-demographic risk factors among the preschool care providers in Kuala Lumpur. METHODS: A cross-sectional study with cluster random sampling was conducted in Kuala Lumpur, involving registered preschools (4 years old and below) under Social and Welfare Department, Kuala Lumpur. The inclusion criteria are registered preschools care providers, age 18 years above. Validated tools: CES-D and PHQ-9 were used to detect depression, GAD-7 for Anxiety and JCQ for Job Strain assessment. RESULTS: Total participants completed the study n=159. The preliminary results of the study show that the prevalence of depression measured by CES-D and PHQ-9 is 34.1% and 14.0% respectively. While the prevalence of anxiety measured by GAD-7 is 11.3%. Care providers with high Job demand have been found to be significantly associated with depression (CES-D aOR:3.26; 95%CI:1.56, 6.82
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-263,
title = {Risk Factor for Mental Health Disorders Among Preschool Care Providers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia},
author = {MIN FUI and WONG and MASLINOR ISMAIL(Mal) MPH(Family Health)},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Depression and anxiety are common mental disorders in the general population and among workers. Caregiver-child interaction is crucial for childrens development outcome for the first 3 years of life. Caregiver who has negative mood, has negative impact on childs behaviour outcome. Objective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of mental disorders and its associated risks factors in particular job strain and socio-demographic risk factors among the preschool care providers in Kuala Lumpur. METHODS: A cross-sectional study with cluster random sampling was conducted in Kuala Lumpur, involving registered preschools (4 years old and below) under Social and Welfare Department, Kuala Lumpur. The inclusion criteria are registered preschools care providers, age 18 years above. Validated tools: CES-D and PHQ-9 were used to detect depression, GAD-7 for Anxiety and JCQ for Job Strain assessment. RESULTS: Total participants completed the study n=159. The preliminary results of the study show that the prevalence of depression measured by CES-D and PHQ-9 is 34.1% and 14.0% respectively. While the prevalence of anxiety measured by GAD-7 is 11.3%. Care providers with high Job demand have been found to be significantly associated with depression (CES-D aOR:3.26; 95%CI:1.56, 6.82},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia},
keywords = {anxiety, associated factors and child care providers, Common mental disorders, Depression},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}