Factor Associated with Depression among Undergraduate Students in FHPK Programme UMK City Campus Post Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Depression is an emotional health problem becoming more prevalent among youth, particularly among undergraduate students. The objective of the study is to examine the relationships between socio-demographic factors, quality of internet connections, and family characteristics with depression among undergraduate students. A cross sectional study was conducted among 327 of undergraduate students. A set of questionnaires comprising Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), Orman Internet Scale and Asian Family Characteristic Scale (AFCS) was used to measure depression, quality of internet connection and family characteristics, respectively. Data was analysed by using Pearson Correlation analysis to determine the relationship between variables. Findings of this study revealed that there were a significant association between quality of internet connection and family characteristics with depression among university students. Future research could benefit from large scale nationwide longitudinal studies which include all possible factors related to the student’s depression.