Fathers' Mental Health Survey at a Kathmandu Children's Hospital

312 biological fathers visiting Kanti Children's Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, were surveyed in a cross-sectional study. The research, conducted by Nishchal Devkota, measured depressive, anxiety, and stress symptoms using the DASS-21 scale and analyzed associations with psychosocial variables like stressful life events, family support, and masculinity norms. The dataset was last updated on May 21, 2026.

Use Cases

• Estimating prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms among fathers based on DASS-21 scores.
• Analyzing associations between psychological distress and psychosocial factors like stressful life events and family support.
• Investigating the relationship between traditional masculinity norms (Macho Scale) and anxiety symptoms.
• Modeling adjusted odds ratios for risk factors associated with paternal depression, anxiety, and stress.

Strengths

• Includes data from 312 participants, providing a substantive sample size.
• Assesses multiple psychological dimensions (depression, anxiety, stress) using the validated DASS-21 instrument.
• Analyzes a range of psychosocial variables including financial burden, work-life balance, and partner communication.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a single hospital in Kathmandu, which may limit generalizability to other populations.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Cross-sectional analytical study using interviewer-administered questionnaires.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 17:37:41; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Kathmandu, Nepal