Determinants of depression among tertiary level students: A logistic regression approach

Nowadays, the education system has become more challenging as compared to the previous days. It requires the student to a multi-tasker. The practice of multi-tasking among the students could lead to a stressful life which may eventually cause depression among them. A cross-sectional study with stratified sampling was conducted at UiTM Campus Seremban from September until October 2015 through dissemination of questionnaires. A sample of 360 selected undergraduate students aged between 18 – 24 years were participated in this study. Two research instruments, namely, Depression Anxiety Stress Scales 21-item (DASS-21) and Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) were adopted. A logistic regression analysis was applied to find out the factors associating with depression. Hosmer and Lemeshow Test reported that, the estimated model fit the data well (p > 0.05). Nagelkerke’s R2 of 0.145 indicated that there is a slightly poor relationship between the predictors and grouping. The Wald Criterion and odds rat...