Association between remembering difficulty and anxiety and depression among children in Ghana

Emmanuel DZIWORNU; Nutifafa Eugene Yaw DEY; Kenneth Owusu ANSAH; Francis ARTHUR-HOLMES; Henry Ofori DUAH; Padmore Adusei AMOAH; Pascal AGBADI

doi:10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100212

Association between remembering difficulty and anxiety and depression among children in Ghana

Emmanuel DZIWORNU, Nutifafa Eugene Yaw DEY^*, Kenneth Owusu ANSAH, Francis ARTHUR-HOLMES, Henry Ofori DUAH, Padmore Adusei AMOAH, Pascal AGBADI

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Abstract

Highlights

- About 19.92% of children experienced some remembering difficulties and 4.09% a lot of difficulties or cannot remember at all.

- Children with some remembering difficulties were more likely to experience anxiety.

- Children with some or complete difficulty in remembering were more likely to experience depression.

Original language	English
Article number	100212
Journal	Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
Volume	6
Early online date	29 Aug 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100212
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021

Bibliographical note

The authors appreciate the UNICEF for granting permission to use the 2017/2018 Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. The authors are also grateful for the training in academic writing and data management provided by Research Empowerment Network (REN).

Keywords

Anxiety
Children
Depression
Ghana
Remembering difficulty

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Association between remembering difficulty and anxiety and depression among children in Ghana

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