The association of BMI and blood pressure measurements with depressive and quality of life scores in university students
| dc.contributor.advisor | De Smidt, Juley | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gamieldien, Ammaarah | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-03T07:16:25Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-04T13:14:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-03T07:16:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-11-04T13:14:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description | >Magister Scientiae - MSc | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Depression is a very common and serious mental illness. Studies have shown that depression has a significant impact on both social and economic aspects of sufferers worldwide as well as in South Africa. Research has shown that university students in South Africa have a higher prevalence than the general South African population. Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is the most common and incapacitating form of depression. MDD is characterized as at least two weeks of a low mood that is apparentafter most situations. There are several contributing factors to depression as well as comorbidities which may lead to depression. When a patient suffers from depression along with another illness, it is described as the comorbidity of depression. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/17224 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Depression | en_US |
| dc.subject | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Blood pressure | en_US |
| dc.subject | Higher education | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mental illness | en_US |
| dc.title | The association of BMI and blood pressure measurements with depressive and quality of life scores in university students | en_US |