Factors affecting mental health status in medical students: methodological validity

Public Health ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 241-242
Author(s):  
T. Kawada
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Factors Affecting

scholarly journals Depression, sleeping pattern & suicidal ideation among medical students in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional pilot study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Tasdik Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Suicidal Tendency ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
Poor Mental Health Status

Background: Depression is a major morbidity and the most common mental disorder among the medical students in medical schools globally. Undergraduate students suffer stress more due to their academic curriculum than the students of other faculties. In low resource settings like Bangladesh, there is a dearth in research on mental health of undergraduate medical students. This pilot study was conducted to add to the existing limited evidence by reporting the prevalence of depression, describing sleeping pattern & suicidal tendencies among medical students. Relevantly, we have investigated to the overall mental health status among the medical students in Bangladesh. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in two medical colleges of Dhaka in between July 2013 to December 2013, among 221 Bangladeshi medical students from first to fifth year. By convenient sampling technique, data were collected by a pretested, structured, self-administered questionnaire and analysis was done by SPSS 18.0 version. Depression were assessed by validated PHQ-9 tool among the respondents. Goldberg’s General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) was used for assessing overall mental health status. Results: Depression was found in 38.9% of participants with 3.6%, 14.5%, 20.8% of being either severe, moderate and mild depression respectively. 17.6% medical students had suicidal tendency or attempted suicide at least for once after attending medical school. The sleeping hours were inadequate and altered after starting this stressful academic course. 33.5% medical students had poor mental health status. There was a statistically significant association between poor mental health status with age group of less than 22 years and initial academic study year (1st to 3rd of MBBS).Conclusion: The findings are suggestive of a higher prevalence of depression among early year medical students and marginal predominance in males. Suicidal tendency is also higher. These calls for further investigation with situation analysis, qualitative explorations and surveys to explore the burden of such disorders in Bangladesh.

scholarly journals Mental Health Status Among Moroccan Medical Students at the Cadi Ayyad University

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benali Abdeslam ◽  
Chichou Hajar ◽  
Elouadoudi Jalal ◽  
Laffinti Amine
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Mental Health Status

scholarly journals Medical Students’ Mental Health Status and Coping Strategies in Their Quarantine Period During COVID-19 Pandemic in Universiti Putra Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 71-84
Author(s):  
Razif Abas ◽  
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Halimatus Sakdiah Minhat ◽  
Suhainizam Muhamad Saliluddin ◽  
Rusliza Basir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Sudden Increase ◽  
Cumulative Number ◽  
Brief Cope ◽  
And Coping

Movement control order (MCO) was enforced by the Malaysian government on 18th March 2020 due to sudden increase in the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases. University students, including medical students, were among the group of the population which were significantly affected. This study was conducted among medical students in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) to compare the mental health status and coping strategies, between gender and phase of the clinical study related to their quarantine status between 18th March 2020 to 9th June 2020. This was a cross-sectional study involving the undergraduate medical students in UPM in the academic year of 2019/2020 during the MCO. A stratified random sampling method was used; a total of 173 respondents which includes students of Year 1 to Year 5 participated. The study was conducted after five months since the first day of MCO, for one week period of data collection. The mental health status was assessed using Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21-item (DASS-21) questionnaire. Four-point Likert scale was scored to determine the degree of severity. The coping strategies was assessed using Brief-COPE (Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced) in which four-point Likert scale was used as well, and the total marks were grouped into four coping strategies. This study found higher scores of DASS-21 in the non-quarantined group and approach method was considered as a favourable coping strategy in both groups. In the quarantined group, female and clinical students showed higher scores of DASS-21. In the non-quarantined group, clinical students showed a significantly higher score of stress while male students significantly used their humour as coping strategies.

scholarly journals Study of the mental health status of medical personnel dealing with new coronavirus pneumonia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Xing ◽  
Ning Sun ◽  
Jun Xu ◽  
Shuling Geng ◽  
Yuqian Li
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Sensitivity Score ◽  
Norm Group

AbstractObjectiveThis paper studied the relationship between personality traits and mental health conditions of medical personnel to provide a basis and reference for the implementation of targeted education on mental health.MethodsA self-report inventory, the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90), was used to investigate the mental health status of 548 medical personnel dealing with the new coronavirus pneumonia in eight provinces and cities of China.ResultsThe overall mean SCL-90 score and mean values of factors (somatization, obsessive-compulsive, anxiety, phobic anxiety, and psychoticism) of the medical personnel were significantly higher than in the norm group (p < 0.05), while their average interpersonal sensitivity score was significantly lower (p < 0.01). In addition, personal factors affecting the mental health status of medical personnel were identified. ( all p < 0.05).ConclusionThe overall mental health status of medical personnel responding to new coronavirus pneumonia is generally higher than that of the norm group in China. The results of this study should contribute to measures to alleviate the psychological pressures on medical personnel dealing with the new coronavirus epidemic in China.

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