title: Depression among nursing students in an Indian government college.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Depression is a major public health threat that can affect anyone including health professionals and nursing students.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This analytical, cross-sectional study was conducted among 180 students of a nursing college to find out the burden of depression on them and possible contributing factors using the Beck Depression Inventory.
  
  
  RESULTS
  63.9% of the students were found to be depressed, the majority being mild in grade. First-year students were found to be significantly more affected (P=0.008). Binary logistic regression showed that familial disharmony, disinterest in the course and insecurity about future placement were statistically significant factors behind the development of depression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is imperative that the psychological condition of nursing students be viewed as an important aspect to be considered, particularly within the Indian population and others in which there is a paucity of data.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Secretary of Medical Education, Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal.
authors.forename: Supantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, IQ City Medical College and Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital.
authors.forename: Indranil
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital, Kamarhati.
authors.forename: Sujishnu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head of Department, Department of Community Medicine, IPGMER, Kolkata.
authors.forename: Raghunath
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Malda Medical College, Malda.
authors.forename: Amitava
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Midnapur Medical College, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Abantika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D016015:Logistic Models; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult