Prevalence of depressive symptoms among schoolchildren in Cyprus: a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study.

Background: Depressive symptoms in the young constitute a public health issue. The current study aims to estimate: (a) the frequency of depressive symptoms in a sample of final grade elementary-school children in Cyprus, (b) the association among frequency of depressive symptoms, gender and nationality and, (c) the metric properties of the Greek-Cypriot version of the children's depression inventory (CDI).

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study with internal comparison was performed.