Abstract

Undergraduate students are more prevalent to depression due to young age, stress of study and independent life. The present study is conducted to estimate the incidence of depression among undergraduate students of colleges in district Lower Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, and the factors affecting the incident of depression. The study consist of 540 students from various colleges of district Lower Dir. Depression was assessed using the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Short Depression Scale (CESD -10). The data is analysis using Minitab software. The study estimates 20% depression prevalent among undergraduate students. Out of these 2.4% students have severe depression.  Risk factors of depression was assessed by using binary logistic regression model which shows the following risk factors; low income, family background, sleeping problem, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).