First- and last-year medical students: is there a difference in the prevalence and intensity of anxiety and depressive symptoms?
Braz. J. Psychiatry (São Paulo, 1999, Impr.)
; 36(3): 233-240, Jul-Sep/2014. tab
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
Medical training is considered a significant stress factor. We sought to assess the prevalence and intensity of anxiety and depressive symptoms in medical students and compare samples of first-year and sixth-year students.Method:
This was a cross-sectional study of first- and sixth-year medical students who attended classes regularly. The study instruments were a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI).Results:
A total of 232 students (110 first-year, 122 sixth-year) completed the questionnaires, for a response rate of 67.4%. Overall 50.4% of respondents were male (56.4% of first-year and 45.1% of sixth-year students). Anxiety symptoms were reported by 30.8% of first-year students and 9.4% of sixth-year students (p < 0.001). Female students were more affected by anxiety. There were no significant between-group differences in depressive symptoms.Conclusion:
A higher prevalence of anxiety symptoms was found in first-year medical students as compared with sixth-year students. Strategies should be developed to help medical students, particularly female students, manage these symptoms at the beginning of their medical training. .Key words
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主要主题:
Anxiety
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Students, Medical
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Depression
研究类型:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
限制:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
国家/地区名称主题:
America do sul
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Brasil
语言:
En
期刊:
Braz. J. Psychiatry (São Paulo, 1999, Impr.)
期刊主题:
PSIQUIATRIA
年:
2014
类型:
Article