PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSION IN MEDICAL STUDENTS

Autores

  • Juliane dos Anjos de Paula Psychiatrist. Master in Health Sciences. Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences. Faculty of Medicine of ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil.
  • Ada Maria Farias Sousa Borges Faculty of Medicine, Juazeiro do Norte- Estácio/FMJ. Ceará, Brazil.
  • Louise Rayra Alves Bezerra Faculty of Medicine, Juazeiro do Norte- Estácio/FMJ. Ceará, Brazil.
  • Helena Vieira Parente Faculty of Medicine, Juazeiro do Norte- Estácio/FMJ. Ceará, Brazil.
  • Rafael César dos Anjos de Paula Doctor, Medical Residency Program in Neurology. University Hospital Edgar Santos – UFBA/BA. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
  • Rubens Wajnsztejn Professor of Pediatric Neurology. Department of Neuroscience. Faculty of Medicine at ABC. Santo André, SP. Brazil.
  • Alzira Alves de Siqueira Carvalho Laboratory for Design of Studies and Scientific Writing. Department of Collective Health Collective. Faculty of Medicine at ABC. Santo André, SP. Brazil.
  • Vitor Engrácia Valenti Laboratory for Design of Studies and Scientific Writing. Department of Collective Health Collective. Faculty of Medicine at ABC. Santo André, SP. Brazil.
  • Luiz Carlos de Abreu Laboratory for Design of Studies and Scientific Writing. Department of Collective Health Collective. Faculty of Medicine at ABC. Santo André, SP. Brazil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.88911

Palavras-chave:

depression, students, medical, prevalence, depressive disorder, education medical.

Resumo

Introduction: depression, besides causing great psychological distress, may lead to poor academic performance and social relationships. Objective: to examine the prevalence of depressive symptoms in medical students from a northeastern region of Brazil. Methods: the population comprised 1024 students from first to twelfth semesters of two medical schools in Cariri, Ceará, Brazil. We used the questionnaire on sociodemographic characteristics and the Beck Depression Inventory II version. Results: the prevalence in this population for the diagnosis of depression was 28.8%.652 (63.7%) complied with all protocols to stay in research. After logistic regression, had a negative impact on studentsmental health: female Odds Ratio adjusted (ORa) (95% CI): 1.83 (1.19 to 2.82), reasonable physical health ORa (95% CI): 3.15 (2 0.09 to 4, 73), uncertainty about professional future ORa (95% CI): 2.97 (1.65 to 5.34), desire to change course ORa (95% CI): 2.51 (1.63 to 3.86), good social relationship but without participation in social activities ORa (95% CI): 1.96 (1.27 to 3.04), relationship difficulties ORa (95% CI): 11.40 (4.32 to 30.14) and rare leisure activities (95% CI): 2.45 (1.49 to 4.04) or eventual leisure activities ORa (95% CI): 3.04 (1.70 to 5.42 ). Conclusion: there was a high prevalence of depression among medical students in this region. Female, reasonable physical health, uncertainty over future career, desire to change course, do not participate in social activities and / or difficulties in relationships, sporadic or rare leisure activity were associated with increased risk of developing depressive symptoms.

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2014-12-16

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