Rates of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms among Female Undergraduate Medical Students at National Medical College and Teaching Hospital

S. Sawant, G. Tripathi, Tripti Pal Raman
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Background: Literature states that Depression and anxiety symptoms carry impairment to medical students, including poor academic performance, drop out, substance abuse and suicide. A high prevalence of anxiety and depression among medical students has been reported worldwide. Higher prevalence is noticed among female students.Aim/Objectives: To study rates of anxiety and depressive symptoms among female undergraduate medical students.Methods: The present study is a cross-sectional study. The purposive sampling method was used. Duration of study was 6 months. A total number of participants’ were 100. Self-developed questionnaire and Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale were used. Results: Findings showed that the mean score of anxiety symptoms was 8.08 (SD± 4.07). Similarly, the mean score of Depressive symptoms was 4.99(SD± 3.28). Fifty-two per cent of the students rated anxiety symptoms and 25% of the student rated depressive symptoms between borderline to the abnormal range. Total 9% of the students reported that they have a family history of mental illness among which 8% reported borderline to an abnormal range of anxiety however 52 % who had no family history also scored the same range. Similarly, 17% of the students reported there were life events which were stressful among which 13% scored borderline to abnormal range anxiety symptoms. Likewise, only 5% of the students scored borderline to the abnormal range of depressive symptoms.Conclusion: It was observed that female undergraduate medical students experience both anxiety and depressive symptoms however the percentage of depressive symptoms were less compared to anxiety symptoms. Further studies are required to evaluate the associated factors responsible for depressive and anxiety symptoms.
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国立医学院与教学医院女医科本科生焦虑、抑郁症状的调查
背景:文献表明,抑郁和焦虑症状对医学生有损害,包括学习成绩差、辍学、药物滥用和自杀。据报道,全世界医学生中焦虑和抑郁的发病率很高。在女学生中发病率较高。目的/目的:了解女医本科生焦虑和抑郁症状的发生率。方法:本研究为横断面研究。采用目的抽样方法。研究时间为6个月。参与者总数为100人。采用自行编制的问卷和医院焦虑抑郁量表。结果:焦虑症状平均得分为8.08分(SD±4.07分)。抑郁症状的平均得分为4.99分(SD±3.28)。52%的学生认为焦虑症状和25%的学生认为抑郁症状介于边缘和异常范围之间。总共有9%的学生报告他们有精神疾病的家族史,其中8%的学生报告焦虑处于异常范围的边缘,而没有家族史的52%的学生也得到了相同的范围。同样,17%的学生报告有生活事件是有压力的,其中13%的学生得分为边缘到异常范围的焦虑症状。同样,只有5%的学生得分处于抑郁症状异常范围的边缘。结论:女医大学生存在焦虑和抑郁症状,但抑郁症状的比例低于焦虑症状。需要进一步的研究来评估导致抑郁和焦虑症状的相关因素。
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