Correlação entre comportamentos de risco à saúde, ansiedade e depressão em adolescentes

Abstract

The objectives of the study were to describe the proportions of health risk behaviors, anxiety and depression in adolescents of a private school in the municipality of Marechal Cândido Rondon - PR. The study is descriptive and correlational in nature. The sample was composed of 112 students (secondary and middle school) with a mean age of 14.1 years (±2.0). They answered questions about sociodemographic information, level of physical activity (IPAQ-short version), tobacco and alcohol consumption (YRBSS), anxiety (SCARED) and depression (CDI). The final sample consisted of students from upper socioeconomic classes (95.5%), of which 66 were from primary school and 46 from high school, 53.6% female. There were high levels of insufficiency of physical activity (53.5%) and risk of anxiety (16.9%). Even higher proportions were observed in females for insufficiency of Physical Activity (65%) and risk of anxiety (26.7%). There were significant negative association between participation in moderate and vigorous physical activity and risk of anxiety for the total sample (r=-0.215, p=0.02), and for the secondary school students (r =-0.245, p=0.047). Adolescents with higher alcohol consumption portrayed significant positive association with risk of depression (r=0.245, p=0.006). Overall, adolescents with frequent alcohol consumption behavior have low levels of physical activity and high levels of anxiety. Interventions for the reduction of mental disorders should stimulate the increase in habitual physical activity levels, especially in females and reduction in the consumption of alcoholic beverages in males