Cross-sectional study on behavioral and emotional problems of orphans staying in institutional homes of jaipur city

Introduction: Orphans are the special group of children who are generally deprived and prone to develop behavioral and emotional problems even reared in well run institution. Aim: To study the prevalence and types of emotional and behavioral problems of orphans living in institutional homes in Jaipur city. Materials and methods: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive type of observational study conducted using Strength and Difculty questionnaire on children and adolescents aged between 4 and 17 years living in various in Governmental, nongovernmental Institutional homes (orphanages) of Jaipur city under the supervision of Preventive and Social Medicine Department, SMS medical college, Jaipur, Rajasthan from March 2021 to November 2022. Results: In our study Emotional and behavioural Problems Prevalence was 10.6%.Higher risk of emotional and behavioural problems found in Boys of age group 4-11, Abandoned by family with admission age of more than 10 years and more than1 year stay in institutional home. Conduct problem is most prevalent among orphans followed by peer and emotional problems, least common problem was abnormal prosocial behaviour and hyperactivity